6:30 to 7:30 pm Sufi Music | சூஃபி இசை

By Abdul Ghani, Haja Maideen and Shahul Hameed, Nagore | சூஃபி பாடகர்கள்: அப்தூல் கனி, ஹாஜா மைதீன், சாகுல் ஹமீது, நாகூர்

Songs on Allah, Prophet Muhammad, Nagore Meeran and Ajmer Chisti.

7:30 to 8:30 pm P Rajagopal’s Tavam | தவம்

By P Rajagopal and Kattaikkuttu Sangam members, Punjarasantankal | P.  ராஜகோபால் மற்றும் கட்டைக்கூத்து சங்க உறுப்பினர்கள், புஞ்சரசந்தாங்கல்

Tavam (2021) has been imagined as two journeys in opposite directions: on the one hand, Arjuna’s journey to Mount Kailasa in search of the Pasupati weapon and, on the other hand, the journey of five young rural women Kattaikkuttu performers into a socially forbidden, male-only theatre world.

In order to achieve his passion, Arjuna needs to perform an austere penance breaking off all his social relationships with the human world. The journey of the women involves a different kind of tapas and determination in which they need to negotiate the social constraints and the "reasons" rural society gives to prevent rural young women, who are fully trained in Kattaikkuttu, to continue their career in the performing arts, before but also after marriage.

Performers: S Vijayan, A Selvarasu, P Sasikumar, S Tamilarasi, R Mahalakshmi, A Bharathi, K Venda, S Srimathy, P Moorthy, R Kumar, A Dillibabu, P Rajagopal (director).