︎ Skills: Interviewing, Feature Writing, Web Publishing
︎ Impact: 🪔 Spotlighted regional diversity in Diwali traditions
I interviewed classical musician Anuradha Suresh, a 2024 ACTA Apprenticeship Program mentor, about her Tamil Diwali traditions and the South Indian storytelling form of harikatha. I wrote and published the feature on ACTA’s website, highlighting regional variations in Diwali celebrations often overlooked in mainstream narratives.
The Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) promotes and supports ways for cultural traditions to thrive now and into the future by providing advocacy, resources, and connections for folk and traditional artists and their communities.
Read the feature ︎︎︎
︎ Impact: 🪔 Spotlighted regional diversity in Diwali traditions
I interviewed classical musician Anuradha Suresh, a 2024 ACTA Apprenticeship Program mentor, about her Tamil Diwali traditions and the South Indian storytelling form of harikatha. I wrote and published the feature on ACTA’s website, highlighting regional variations in Diwali celebrations often overlooked in mainstream narratives.
The Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) promotes and supports ways for cultural traditions to thrive now and into the future by providing advocacy, resources, and connections for folk and traditional artists and their communities.
Read the feature ︎︎︎