{"id":453,"date":"2007-07-28T18:45:10","date_gmt":"2007-07-28T10:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/indian\/2007\/07\/28\/kelana-jaya-mp-on-traditional-indian-art\/"},"modified":"2007-07-28T18:45:10","modified_gmt":"2007-07-28T10:45:10","slug":"kelana-jaya-mp-on-traditional-indian-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/indian\/2007\/07\/28\/kelana-jaya-mp-on-traditional-indian-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelana jaya MP on traditional Indian art"},"content":{"rendered":"
MP says ancient arts need to live on<\/div>\n
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By JADE CHAN<\/b><\/p>\n

jade@thestar.com.my<\/a>  <\/p>\n

KELANA JAYA MP Loh Seng Kok believes that traditional Indian art like kolam<\/i> and maddai pinnutal<\/i> ought to be kept alive and preserved for the younger generation.  <\/p>\n

“Kolam<\/i> is a decorative design drawn using rice powder while maddai pinnutal<\/i> refers to weavings made from coconut and banana leaves.  <\/p>\n

“These two arts are used during weddings and festive seasons, and are a kind of offering. Not many people, especially the younger generation, know how to create them,” he said.  <\/p>\n

Loh said this after attending the Thirumurai Vizha 2007<\/i> held at Sri Subramaniar Alayam in Bandar Sunway. The event was organised by the Malaysia Hindu Sangam in collaboration with the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ).  <\/p>\n

He is a regular guest at the yearly event which features various religious and cultural activities like Thevaram<\/i> singing, Tamil recitals, religious quizzes, as well as competitions for colouring, kolam<\/i>, maddai pinnutal<\/i> and stringing malai<\/i> flowers.  <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Loh said that each MP has been given a RM30,000 allocation for upcoming Merdeka celebrations, and he plans to use it for several programmes in his constituency.  <\/p>\n

One is the Merdeka Splendour Carnival from Aug 17 to 19 in SS7.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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All smiles:<\/b> Loh being greeted by children at the event.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Among the activities lined up are cultural performances, sketches, exhibitions, poetry recitals, community sports and a feast.  <\/p>\n

“The carnival is organised by several groups – Kelana Indah Residents Association (RA), Kelana Mahkota RA, Umno Kelana Ehsan branch and Umno Kelana Indah Branch,” said Loh.  <\/p>\n

“We had a soft launch where we put up 50 flags at the Kelana Jaya Community Centre.  <\/p>\n

“The flags were flown at 5.50pm on July 11, which is 50 days before National Day.”  <\/p>\n

He also plans to work with MPSJ and local residents’ representatives for the Decorated Vehicle Convoy & Competition in conjunction with Merdeka Month Celebrations and MPSJ’s 10th Anniversary Celebrations and Jalur Gemilang Flag-Raising Campaign “Let’s Raise 2007”.  <\/p>\n

The competition is open to any government or private organisations and will be held on Aug 25 from 8pm to 9.30pm.  <\/p>\n

The convoy will travel from Mines Shopping Fair to MPSJ’s headquarters, and be judged by a jury panel for the competition.  <\/p>\n

The Flag-Raising Campaign will be held from Aug 1-Sept 18, and is divided into four categories: shopping malls, hotels, petrol stations and residents committee.  <\/p>\n

“There will also be a competition, where participants will be judged on the most creative but proper way of decorating an area with the national flag,” said Loh.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MP says ancient arts need to live on source By JADE CHAN jade@thestar.com.my  KELANA JAYA MP Loh Seng Kok believes that traditional Indian art like kolam and maddai pinnutal ought to be kept alive and preserved for the younger generation.  “Kolam is a decorative design drawn using rice powder while maddai pinnutal refers to weavings […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[133,141],"class_list":["post-453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indian","tag-isa","tag-umno"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}