The urumi melam drums of Thaipusam in Malaysia

Uncover the history, passion, and craftsmanship behind urumi melam, the traditional Tamil folk music played during the religious festival of Thaipusam.
Written & presented by: Theevya Ragu
Shot by: Fauzi Yunus, Afizi Ismail, Moganraj Villavan and Hizami Safri
Edited by: Hemaviknesh Supramaniam
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[@JamesKirk36]

As a Malaysian Tamizh, this is what I grew up to, this resonates throughout my entire nervous system, thank you for covering about the infamous Urumi Melam of the Tamizh diaspora in our motherland. A heartfelt and humble gratitude to every single person that’s striving to uphold ‘my’ tradition with their blood and sweat. Long live Lord Siva’s theivatunthubi or better know as URUMI ❤❤❤

[@jacksonsivam4653]

You guys are trying hard and so much better then many nation. Keep up Malaysia Indian. You ppl are awesome.

[@SacredWarrior-io3xc]

The vibe radiating from listening to this instrument is truly electrifying 😊

[@HariJhanaarthana]

The heartbeat of Thaipusam.. Kudos for covering this!

[@rajkavipavi7030]

Muguran tunai ❤❤❤❤❤uyaratdum nam tamil isai urumi melam....❤

[@shriyasanthirakaanthan3519]

When hear the instrument,we feel good vibes.

[@ImMekdi]

Nice work Theevya Ragu and FMT team. About time for these guys to get the coverage n recognition for their passion n hardwork. We need more quality contents like this from our media but sadly only few like you guys can tap into the essence of real journalism which is storytelling.

[@seanyfs1640]

Love the energetic vibe and spirit of the music .

[@FJerryFJerry]

Culture festival should always be preserve.in Malaysia.

[@user-oi6tp2jw2u]

Super vg brothers and cr ragu anne

[@nirmalsidhu8467]

beautiful celebration

[@krisztinafoo27]

Cool!

[@user-xw5mb9rz3v]

Nice themes 🎉❤🙏👌👏👏👏

[@mediafusion1128]

Good story.

[@harvindersiuuufifa2227]

Mantap Veera Ganabaty and Sathes anna

[@SmartMethodKids1999]

VG legend🔥👌

[@kishflix8537]

❤️😍

[@suararakyat23]

Betul ustad ridhwan tee permah bercakap kita orang islam sentiasa bertolak ansur dengan agama lain sentiasa menghormati perayaan mereka so on...klu di luar negara tiada akan bertolak ansur mcm mana muslim tolak ansur...semlm muslim solat jumaat police delhi india attack mereka dan diruang comment hindu menghina dan mengatakan jalan raya tak boleh block or kacau kenapa show off di jalan raya...i as muslim nenek duduk di kg nakhoda belakang baru caves sakit cancer rahim i stuck 2 hours plus jem tp still sabar dan terima respect their religion ritual , not hindu are same but the act n comment blame muslim..we can respect and accept why their cant?

[@ashwindersingh817]

Ye bro saya rasa munkin video yang bro tengok betul . Tetapi ada banyak benda yang sudah di tambah di dalam video itu untuk panas kan cerita tersebut. Sebenarnya cerita yang betul adalah kerajaan di sana sudah pun memberi duit untuk membina masjid yang besar supaya org beragama Islam boleh la pergi ke masjid untuk menunaikan solat atau sembahyang jumaat dan jika tak cukup tempat di dalam masjid untuk solat mereka di benarkan untuk duduk di tempat letak kereta atau pun di bahu jalan . Tetapi mereka itu dah keras kepala dan tak mau mendengar arahan sampai pergi tutup jalan utama sehingga kenderaan ambulans , bomba , kereta peronda polis pun tak boleh nak jalan langsung di sebabkan mereka . Padahal di dalam masjid masih ada banyak tempat untuk mereka solat tetapi mereka nak juga solat di atas main road . So itu la sebab kalau U tgk dlm video tu polis India itu menggunakan cara yang kasar .

[@Maxv521]

Actual day of Thaipusam what hell the stairs case was traffic jam 😢 by mostly people no offence but the reason is the family members are waiting and waiting at the staircase to reach out the other family member to go up the stairscase is cause of traffic jam at the staircase they were not go there for sincere prayers after researching have been done so what the hell they waiting at the staircase that’s not mean for the old people for the people age around 18 to 30 years 😅

[@Tan92lfc]

Youth should to stay away from vice