To see-hear a Realplayer recording of our April 21, 2000 live webcast,

"Discourse on Kannagi, the Tamil Woman and Goddess; and on Traditional Storytelling Techniques", 

please click here.  It lasts 52 minutes.  The program includes Siri Rama's 10-minute performance of the Silappathikaram( Epic of the Anklet) via gesture and spoken word; a recital of Subramania Bharati's poem, "Penn Viduthalai" ("Freedom for Women"); and discussion of a videotaped segment of a performance of modernized Villupattu storytelling by Subbu Arumugam and troupe.  English and Tamil languages are spoken and displayed electronically. 

Thank you! 

Eric Miller 
Folklore Ph.D. candidate, University of Pennsylvania, USA
emiller@sas.upenn.edu
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~emiller