Celebrations from evening 7pm to midnight 1am, 1000 artists, 7
hours of unlimited music, dance and fun. Nearby streets and tress
decorated with lights and colors at Venkata Narayana Road, T.Nagar and
Natesan Park. Well, Chennai has never ever seen all this before! And owe
your thanks to Chennai Sangamam for the magnificent and a splendid night
that they gave.
To mark the
Thai month and
New Year, they
organized an
evening that
Chennaities for sure will never forget. T.Nagar was glowing and dazzling
and many people flocked the road at 6pm itself and saw to it that they
do not miss the fun. They were all in thanks to Chennai Sangamam and
they feel it must happen very often.
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Says Kalyani Somasundaram, a housewife who came with her family to
catch a glimpse of the Vidiya Vidiya Kondattam (as Chennai Sangamam
calls it), "Never ever in my life have I seen all this. I heard many
people talking about this fest on the 13th night. I thought I will just
come here and see for some 15 minutes, but I think after seeing all
this, I will be staying till it gets over as all this is a once in a
lifetime opportunity. I 'am just enjoying myself!"
There were thappattam players, karagam dancers, theru koothu, folk
drummers and with a never tiring energy and stamina, they played
continuously for the over enthusiastic Chennaities.
With the drums playing on one side, the youngsters who came as groups
danced with excitement and smile. With the decibels rising with the
drummers one side, Silambattam and fire players came and the crowd
gathered there to watch the fun. Says Mark Edwards, who has come from
Russia to watch the gala, "I should say without any bias that
Chennaities know how to have fun and they are a good and a perfect
audience. Things like this never happen in our place and I did not want
to miss out anything, so I' am just running around from venue to another
to see the carnival." On the other hand, Natesan Park had the usual folk
dance and music. Another added attraction was a vegetable carving which
looked superb. Many people crowded around the carving just to click a
few shots.
Anitha.R