'Veri' Festive, Velan
dance and Murugan farewell are on and the same house-festive ceremonial dance
performed by the ancient Tamils. This poem describes the way in which the
festival was performed. The poet of the poem is also endowed with the described
title for his narration of the festive in this poem.
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| A girl is turned to play like this in 'Veri' Festive |
The
heroine of the poem points out to her friend-maid that “my mother is performing
this festive without knowing the cause of my love-sick; and I shall have to die
if the dance-performance comes to know my lover and he will take it as misbehavior.
He,
my lover gave me lust in that mountain-pass. This sweetness now becomes
bitterness because of his parting relation. The decreasing health in my body
can be cured only by his chest hugging him.
My
mother watched my health-loss and inquired the omen-ladies. They one by one
touched me with a slogan-stick and said ‘I am shocked by God Murugan. My mother
believed their words. She started to celebrate the customary festival.
My
house was decorated. Let my daughter’s alluring beauty restore more than that
it was, she says. For this purpose she is celebrating this house-festival.
It
is now started band and dance under a new shed erected for this purpose.
The
performer, a priest, the so called Velan appears with a garland made of
Kadambu-flower in his neck. He speaks his words in a singing form. Calling the
God Murugan by utterance, he appears on stage.
He
is to make me dance as the dolls moved in popper-dance.
You,
my friend, I do not what will be happed furthermore.
The
result will be, no improvement in my health, you know.
If
the partners played in the festive game reap the result of disappointment, and
my lover come to know the mockery game what will happen? Can I alive?
A
poem by: KanakKanniyar, famous by his poem on ‘Veri’ festive game.
The text is belongs to second century
B.C. or earlier.
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