PURAVIYATTAM.

    This is one of the oldest folk arts of Tamil Nadu.Both men and women perform this. Men dress like a King and women dress like a Queen. It is called as poikal kuthirai( dummy horse) because the performers tie wooden Legs and get into the decorated dummy horse made for the performance.

        Facial expressions,to and fro movement of the house,the swiftness with which the dance is performed adds beauty to this art form. This is one folk art Which is appreciated and enjoyed by the people of all ages.

  Thank you.

KARAGATTAM.

This is the most popular folk art,Karakattam is a small metal pot which is filled with grains.This pot is decorated in the shape of a cone with flowers and zari.The top of the cone is decorated mostly like a parrot or a peacock.The performer balances this decorated pot on his/ her head and dances to the rthym and music.This is performed during temple festivals and processions.

INDEPENDENCE DAY.

On 15th of August 1947, India won her independence from the  British. We celebrate the day every year as Independence Day.

         On this day our Prime Minister hoists the National Flag at the Red Fort and the Chief Ministers hoists the flag in their state Capitals. Every one wears a small Indian flag on this day. All institutions across the Country,including your school,hoist the national Flag and salute it with Pride.

  On this day We remember all the Indians Who laid their lives for the Country.

SOLAR FAMILY.

There are Eight planets and many dwarf planets in the solar system.Pluto is one among the ddwarf planets.

Mercury:

Mercury is the smallest planet to the sun.

Venus:

Venus is the second planet. it is very hot.it is the brightest planet.

Earth:

The Third planet is the Earth.Where we live. It has Air and Water. It support life.

Mars:

Mars is the Fourth planet. It is Red in colour.

Jupiter:

Jupiter is the Fifth planet. It is the largest planet in the solar Family.

Satuarn:

Saturn is the sixth planet. There are big rings around it.

Uranus:

Uranus is the seventh planet. It is made up of gases.it also has rings.it is the coldest planet.

Neptune:

Neptune is the Eighth planet. It is bluish green in colour and it is surrounded by clouds.

Pluto:

Up to 2006,Pluto was considered as the ninth planet.Since it does not have the properties of a planet.it is now regarded as a dwarf planet.

The sun is a ball of fire.it is very hot.living organisms. Cannot exist on the earth in the absence of the sun.

RAKSHA BANDHAN.

Rakhi or Raksha bandhan on the Full moon day Known as the sharavan poornima in the month of July-August.It is celebrated to strengthen the emotional bond of affection between brother and sister. On this day sisters tie a holy thread around their brothers wrist. The brothers in return promise to protect their sisters from harm.Both offer sweets to each other.One does not have to be a blood brother, to build this bond.Anyone whom a woman accepts as her brother or well-wisher can receive a Rakhi.
   In History,Rani Karnavati of chittor sent a Rakhi to the Mughal Emperor Humayun and he accepted it! This thread is tied with sisterly love and is called 'Rakhi'which means 'a bond of protection'.

Aadi Padinettam Perukku.

Aadi pathinettam perukku is a unique celebration in all the perennial (Where water flows all through the Year) river basins in Tamil Nadu. It is celebrated on the 18 th day of the Tamil Lunar month Aadi,to welcome the onset of the much- awaited monsoon.
 People living along the river banks (especially on the banks of cauvery) in Tamil Nadu celebrate this day with great enthusiasm to pay their tribute to water,which is essential for all life.

Plants used as Medicines.

1.Ginger for bile.
2.Manathakkali for Mouth ulcer.
3.Vallarai to increase the Momery power.
4.Aloeveea for skin disease.
5.Tulasi for gold and cough.
6.Mint for digestion.
7.Eucalyptus for headache.
8.kuppaimeni for skin disease.
9. Keezhanelli for Jaundice.
10.Jatropha for constipation.
11. Indian sarsaparilla for cooling the body system.
12. Dhoodhuvalai for chest cold.