For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA that documents and analyses the ritual and performative life of Muharram in selected coastal and riverine towns of southern Tamil Nadu (Eruvadi, Melapalayam, Kayalpattinam, and Puliyangudi). It foregrounds processions, devotional recitations, martial and fire-related performances, material culture, and foodways to understand how these practices shape local memory. The outcome of this project will be a bilingual research report/essay, a short documentary film, a curated photo archive, and a digital repository of audio-visual materials with a bilingual glossary. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA, along with the final reports, will include the bilingual essay and glossary, the edited documentary film, audiovisual files, and accompanying metadata. Projects funds will pay for contract fees, travel and living, printing, communication, hire of equipment and purchase of equipment.
