Malaysia Tamil Samaya Peravai
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| Formation | 4th August 2018 |
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Official language | Tamil |
Malaysia Tamil Samaya Peravai is an initiative to set up a common platform for Tamil religious.[1] Organization in Malaysia to guide people to understand the identity and history of Tamilar.[2]
Cornerstone to this evolving philosophy was initiated August 4th 2018 by Mr. Tharmalinganar, at Soma Arena Kuala Lumpur.
Subsequently, in 2019, under the banner of the Malaysia Tamil Samaya Peravai a grand gathering[3] around 1000plp from all over the country witnessed a Batu Cave Declaration at Murugan Temple Hall which set the foundation of Tamil Samaya definition[4].
This declaration was designed by Tamil Valviyal Eyakam[5] and Valallar Anbu Nilayam (Persatuan Kebudayaan Vallalar) under the patronage of Coimbatore Adhinan, Sivachariyaar, Thiru Chelvam Aiyah, Darmalingam Aiyah[6]
Tamil Samaya Peravai is focused to six main elements. Such as Race, Culture, Festivals, Language, Religion and Nation.
Elements[edit]
Race[edit]
5.9% of the population in India are Tamilar concentrated mainly in Tamil Nadu, 15% in Sri Lanka,10% in Mauritius, 7% in Malaysia and 5% in Singapore. Relations between Tamils and Malaysia have existed for more than 2000 years. The ancient Tamil poetic work Paṭṭiṉappālai refers to the territory of modern Malaysia as Kaalagam. Tamil literature from the 10th and 11th centuries refers to the modern Malaysian state of Kedah as Kadaram.
Culture[edit]
Is the arts and way of life of Tamilar including food, clothes, music, dance and practices. Festivals like Deepavali, Taipusam are announced as public holidays by the government of Malaysia to appreciate our Malaysian Tamils culture. Apart that Karthikai Deepam and many festivals related to our primary deities, are celebrated with a lot of fervour and enthusiasm among locals. Most of the temples have busy schedules and cultural programs on such days and lots of volunteers gather to make the event a success.
Banana leaf meal is Tamilar tradition way to consume food with their hands. It served with rice at the center and different accompaniments like pickle, fried meat or vegetable, appalam. When comes to clothes Tamil women in Malaysia wear saree and blouse. Sari is a six yard piece of cloth, draped around the body in a way that it looks like a skirt with pleats in the centre and part of the same cloth covers one shoulder and hangs below till the knees. For mens they wear vetti sattai.
Festivals[edit]
The most celebrated festivals are Pongal,[7] Tamil New Year, Tamil Mozhi Ikiyar Nal, Thenpulathaar Nal, Thirukutta Marabinar Nal, Tamil Mavirar Nal. Pongal is a harvest festival that celebrated for four days and Tamil New Year celebrated on the first month of Chitirai.
Language[edit]
Tamil Language[8] existed B.C 500 and one of the oldest languages in the world. 81 million people speak Tamil as their mother tongue and 9 millions speak it as their second language. Tamil is an educational language in Malaysia, with more than 500 Tamil medium schools. According to Harold Schiffman, an American researcher into Malaysian Tamils, compared to Singapore, language maintenance is favorable in Malaysia. However, he notes some Tamils are shifting to English and Malay. Although most Tamil students still go to publicly funded schools that teach primary subjects in Tamil language there are moves to shift to Malay language. Tamil groups have seriously objected to this policy.
Religion[edit]
Ancient Tamilar practised Dravidian folk religion, an non-vedic form of Hinduism. In the course of time, Tamilar started to adobe different beliefs and practices[9][10] Tamil are mostly Hindus, there are Christians, Muslims, Buddists and Jains among them.[11]
Nation[edit]
Tamil people believed that the original Tamil homeland and birthplace of Tamil civilization according to early Tamil literature was Kumari Continent (Kumarikandam[12]) that sunk into the sea after a massive disaster around 4th or 5th century BCE.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Tamil and Samayam". valaitamil. September 21, 2012. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Malaysia Saiva Samaya Peravai". Myinfozon. 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
- ↑ "Tamil Religious Conference organized by the Malaysian Tamil Religious Council". malaysiakini. September 9, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "மலேசிய தமிழ்ச்சமயப் பேரவையின் ஏற்பாட்டில் தமிழ்ச்சமய மாநாடு 2019 மிக வெற்றிகரமாக நடந்தேறியது". malaysiakini. September 22, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Veerasamy, Balamurughan (June 22, 2019). "உலகதமிழர் பாதுகாப்பு செயலகம் நகர்வில் தமிழிர் சமைய இரண்டாவது ஆய்வு அமர்வு". Makkal Osai.
- ↑ Tamil, Thiru (December 1, 2020). "உன்னை மறவாமை வேண்டும்".
- ↑ "Malaysian Prime Minister Greets Ethnic Tamils on Pongal". Retrieved 4 July 2015. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Tamil to be a classical language". The Hindu. 18 September 2004. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ↑ Zvelebil, Kamil (1973). The Smile of Murugan: On Tamil Literature of South India. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-03591-1. Search this book on
- ↑ Fuller, C.J. "Indian Christians: Pollution and Origins." Man. New Series, Vol. 12, No. 3/4. (Dec., 1977), pp. 528–529.
- ↑ Ray, Micheal. "Tamil". Britannica. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ The King of Kumari Kandam. Random House Children's Books. 2009. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-0-375-86429-2. Search this book on
External links[edit]
- Tamil News
- தமிழ்ச்சமயம் மலேசியா(@TamilsamayamMalaysia)Log in or sign up to view
- Indian Heritage Museum Penang[1]
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- ↑ "Indian Heritage Museum Penang". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
