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Posted on: Sep 08, '08

CELEBRATIONS OF ONAM

Every Malayali and Keralite celebrates Onam with a marked zeal and fervor. Yet the regional differences have their own influences on the practices and celebrations of most of the Indian festivals. The Onam of Kochin displays a wonderful spectrum of traditional celebration procedure. Since this festival falls within a fortnight of the Malayalam New Year, it is characterized by all the fun and frolic associated with New Year. The most important of this ten-day long festival is the tenth day of Thiruonam. New clothes, grand traditional cuisine, unique dances and music mark the festivities and gaieties of this harvest festival. There is a gala procession complete with richly bedecked elephants in Trichur while people of Cheruthuruthy love to see the Kathakali performers with painted faces enacting scenes from epics and folk tales.

Another dance form that finds favor during this season is known as 'Pulikali' or 'Kaduvakali'. In this dance, performs paint themselves like tigers in bright yellow, red and black colors and dance ferociously to the accompaniment of musical instruments such as 'udukku' and 'thakil'. At Aranmulla temple dedicated to Lord Krishna and Arjuna, there are delightful snake boat races featuring nearly 30 chundan vallams. Though, it is a competitive event, the decoration of the boats and excitement in the air makes it a spectacular show of pomp and pageantry too. Another important part of Onam celebrations in the rural areas are the swings. Young men and women, decked in their best holiday attires, rock each other while sing 'Onappaattu' or Onam songs.

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daisyann26 said:

September 08, '08

andhramagadu said:
nannie ende suhruthe
ningalku onam subhasansagal

September 08, '08

friendship1577 said:
Very nice.Thanks.

September 08, '08

mohan2hot said:
Very nice informations of Onam.

September 08, '08

rajiv2008SCO said:

thanks same to you

September 08, '08

sruti123 said:
advanced happy onam praveen n thanks 4 sharing such a beautiful photo which shows our tradition.keep smiling

September 08, '08

shubha2006CAP said:
hi happy onam praveen.have u brought new dress.enjoy

September 08, '08

kanti153 said:
BEST WISHES COMING ONAM

September 08, '08

cronycritic0101 said:
advance happy onam 2 u praveen n thanks 4 sharing

September 08, '08

geetsudha said:
all the best wishes for onam parveen,im coming to kerala either end of sep or 2nd oct for the first time,ill experience that beautiful land and then ill share the pictures with u.

September 08, '08

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