Compiled by C. ARUNO, ZAKIAH KOYA and R. ARAVINTHAN
A GROUP of Indian folk musicians led by the Ipoh-based Sebasthiyar Kalaikkodam will attempt a record-setting performance of folk music, Malaysia Nanban reported.
It’s founder, Iruthayam Seban-sthiyar, said that a 30-minute performance will attempt to have the most number of folk musicians play at the same time.
He said so far, more than 500 Indian folk musicians and students from around the country have signed up to participate in the event scheduled for April 16 in Ipoh.
The attempt, the first involving Indian folk music in the country, is supported by the Ipoh Hindu Devasthana Paribalana Sabha.
The report said that Sabha chairman M. Vivekananda would help finance the event, which will be included in the Malaysia Book of Records if successful.
> Hutan Melintang-based entrepreneur Arvind Appalasamy has won the national-level Anugerah Perdana Belia Negara 2022 award for his social work for youth, the daily also reported.
Arvind, 28, who runs a newspaper distributorship, received RM20,000 for the recognition. He had also earlier won the Perak-level award.
As part of his work with the Perak Indian Youth Council, the budding entrepreneur also gave speeches on youth issues in the youth parliaments of 12 countries.
He has also received awards in Nepal, Turkiye, Bangladesh and the Philippines and was awarded the prestigious Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Young Achiever Award in India.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
