Madras Week Celebration in our school

There was fun and frolic and lot of feverish celebrations in our city on Madras Week, observed from 19^th -26^th of August 2018.This week, that age was the time when the city’s name “Madras” came into origin.

Our school students celebrated the Madras week to eulogise the culture, values, people and traditions of old Madras. The students showcased the differences between old Madras and the new Chennai through role plays, speeches, food stalls etc. The ninth graders had set up food stalls offering dishes which were eaten by the people of the early 1900’s in Madras. In the Madras quiz competition conducted by the Department of Social Science, whizkids, Vinisha and Sagaarika, emerged the winners.

The whole week madeus feel like we were in the past again. It made us realize what all we had lost over the years. Students also came dressed up in ethnic attire.. It was a colourful event at school. The celebrations encouraged the students to re-live some of these customs and savour flavours of good ol’ days.We are proud to be a part of Chennai ,which was Madras then and celebrated its 379^th birthday, as though it was the birthday of a teen Velammalian.

         By the young bloggers of                              

Velammal Vidyalaya NewGen School,Shollinganallur

Sagaarika (9B) ,

Manushree T(8B),

Tanvi Ramesh Tilavalli(8B)