Live music will be allowed for next year's Thaipusam street procession for the first time in more than four decades.
The Hindu Endowments Board (HEB) and the police said on Wednesday (Dec 2) that musicians, who have been given approval, can play specified traditional instruments at three points along the route.
The instruments are the nadhaswaram clarinet, a barrel shaped drum called the tavil, and the urumi melam or Indian drum.
The decision to relax the rules comes after 10 feedback sessions conducted by the board with 116 members of the Hindu community over a period of two months, ending in April.
All participants shared that music is important to the festival with 65 per cent wanting traditional auspicious Indian instruments to be part of the religious event. Some also suggested that live music be played at strategic locations along the 3km route which starts at the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple in Serangoon Road and ends at the Sri Thendayuthapani Temple on Tank Road. Full story...
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The Hindu Endowments Board (HEB) and the police said on Wednesday (Dec 2) that musicians, who have been given approval, can play specified traditional instruments at three points along the route.
The instruments are the nadhaswaram clarinet, a barrel shaped drum called the tavil, and the urumi melam or Indian drum.
The decision to relax the rules comes after 10 feedback sessions conducted by the board with 116 members of the Hindu community over a period of two months, ending in April.
All participants shared that music is important to the festival with 65 per cent wanting traditional auspicious Indian instruments to be part of the religious event. Some also suggested that live music be played at strategic locations along the 3km route which starts at the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple in Serangoon Road and ends at the Sri Thendayuthapani Temple on Tank Road. Full story...
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