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Thursday 19 September 2013

Pulikali

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfyU4z_QefI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Pulikkali or kaduvakali(Tiger Dance), is an event takes place at the Swaraj Round in Thrissur district of Kerala as a part of Onam celebration.
As part of the performance, groups of local men would have their bodies and faces painted to resemble tigers. Apart from the true colours of a tiger, one would also come across other colours and patterns and even the facial features of lion on the bodies of performers. The make-up is time-consuming and it is quite a labour to undo the make-up, which is mostly done with oil paints. The theme of the performance is playing hide-and-seek with a hunter wielding a gun. The event generates a great deal of excitement both for the spectators from near and far and for the performers.

Friday 13 September 2013

Vegetable Pookkalam

Agricultural Department of Kerala celebrated Onam by making this beautyfull Pookkalam. They have used vegetables and fruits to make the pookkalam. Wishing a wealthy season for all the farmers.

Monday 9 September 2013

Sankupushpam : Flowers of Kerala

"*Clitoria ternatea*", common names including *butterfly-pea*,*blue-pea*, and *cordofan-pea*, is a plant species belonging to theFabaceae
family.

The flowers of this vine have the shape of sea shell. From that similarity it got the name 'Sankupushpam' in Malayalam.

In traditional Ayurvedic medicine, it has been used for centuries as a memory enhancer, nootropic, antistress, anxiolytic, antidepressant, anticonvulsant, tranquilizing and sedative agent

Onam 2013

Kerala is ready to welcome Lord Mahabali. Price hike of essential goods are not going to affect the onam celebrations. There is an old proverb about onam in Malayalam, "kaanam vittum onam unnanam" means at any cost we should have to celebrate onam. Because it is the only day 'Maveli Thampuran' returns to his own country to meet the people.