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Issue 9: Encouraging Cultural Creators in the Singapore Tamil Literary Arts Scene
Recommendation 4: Tweak the Objectives of National Competitions
• Singapore Youth Festival (SYF): Most of the SYF performances are dance-oriented. There
are very minimal chances for other forms of Indian/Tamil arts to be displayed.
• Expand SYF to allow for Indian dance, singing, music and instrumental performances.
• SYF could consider having a competition for individuals, where talented Tamil individuals
can put forth their talents, even though that CCA is not present in school. E.g. playing the
tabla, dholak, mirdangam, etc.
• Singapore Writers Festival (SWF): SWF can take a more active role in schools to engage
students.
• SWF could consider organising a series of workshops/recruitment to train interested
students in writing. This will increase the pool of local Tamil writers.
• Promote online publishing of books e.g. Amazon’s Kindle to make written materials more
accessible.
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