More Flood pictures

Boats replaces motor cycles when the roads submerged........
Generally the people here rely more on motor bikes to travel....

The shutters of the dam opened when the river overflowed....

Monsoon fishing in rural areas of Kerala

In monsoon season, due to heavey rainfall rivers will overflow and the agriculture lands of the rural areas will be under water. At that time certain species of fishes from river and sea will arrive in the flooded agriculture lands.

That's the time for fishing in the paddy fields......

You can see the pictures....

Most of them are not fishermen.....

A good spare-time activity with good revenue. They uses average sized fishing nets(See the picture) to catch fish.

Monsoon flood in Kerala

Water water everywhere...........

Record rainfall in Kerala... Paddy fields, roads everything under water. Many peoples lost their lives, crops and houses.

Only travel option in the flooded area is small boats.

You can see people waiting for boats to reach their houses...

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Kalamezhuthu pattu

"Kalamezhuthu" is a ritual art of Hindus in Kerala. Kalamezhuthu is performed inside and outside the Temple to worship the deity. In Kalamezhuthu the amazing thing to see is the colourful and artistic portrait of the deity made on the floor using natural powders in different colours. The style of Kalamezhuthu may vary depending upon different communities, the Deity which they worship and the purpose of the Kalamezhuthu. In malayalam Kalamezhuthu means drawing.

After the completion of Kalamezhuthu a song praising god would be performed accompanied with traditional musical instruments of Kerala.

I have collection of more than 70 pictures of Kalamezhuthu...

Below I'm showing a few of them..

Nanthuni - A musical instrument using in "Kalamezhuthu paattu"

Kathakali

Kathakali is an Indian classical dance-drama, originated in Kerala. Kathakali is one of the most famous performing arts of India and has popularity all over the world.

Kathakali originated from Ramanattam and Krishnanattam(Classical arts of Kerala) in 17th century and several folk, ritual and classical arts forms of Kerala have exerted influence in the development of Kathakali.

The speciality of Kathakali is, the Kathakali actor enacts different characters in Kathakali using stylised hand gusters, facial expressions and body movements accompanied with vocal and instrumental music. The make-up and elaborate costumes of Kathakali are unique and marvellous.

Traditional Kathakali stories are from the Hindu epics, Mahabharatham and Ramayanam. Recently stories from other cultures like story of Mary Magdalene from Bible, Homer's The Iliad and Shakespeare's King Lear have also been adapted into Kathakali scripts. Kathakali stories are written to play a whole night. But nowadays 2-4 hour lasting shorten versions are more popular.
Characters in Kathakali are categorized according to their nature. This decides the colours used in the make-up of the artist.

To attain the high flexibility and muscle control required for this art form, a Kathakali dancer undergoes a special course of training and special types of body massage.

Language used in Kathakali music is a mix of Sanskrit and Malayalam called Manipravalam. The Kathakali songs are composed in Carnatic Music. Percussion Instruments like Chenda, chengala, Idakka, Maddalam and ilathalam are used in Kathakali.

Kathakali is usually performed in front of Kalivilakku(lamp) and the traditional Thiraseela(curtain) is used during Kathakali play.

The pictures shown above are the "Vesham"s of one of my friends Mr. Muralidharan M.N(Kathakali artist) , P.S.V Natya sangham, Kottakkal, Kerala.

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Kerala festivals - "Nercha"

“Nercha” is celebrated annually in some mosques of Kerala usually in the name of a saint lived in that area. The celebration includes different teams from the nearer area will arrive the mosque accompanied with ornately decorated elephants, music bands and different art forms like Kolkali, Aravana muttu, Muttum viliyum etc. Flag hoisting will take place at noon when all teams will reach the mosque.

Feeding the poor people in the Mosque is the most important thing on Nercha.

The celebrations will carry on till late night. In most places orchestra and other entertainment programmes would be there at night.

Kerala festivals - "Pooram"

“Pooram” is an annual temple festival of Kerala held in summer season. The main attraction of the festival is ornately decorated elephants and musical ensembles like Panchavadyam, Pandi melam, Thayambaka etc.

On the “pooram” day different groups with ornately decorated elephants(one or more than one. Sometimes more than 10) accompanied with musical ensembles and other art forms from the nearer areas of the temple will arrive at the temple ground. The different groups will meet together at the temple around 3.00 pm.

All the elephants standing in line is an amazing spectacle for the viewers.

One session of the celebrations will carry on till the fireworks. Fireworks will take place between 5.00 pm to 10.00 pm. That is depends upon the number of teams conducting the fireworks. Sometimes there would be upto 10 sessions of fireworks.

In the late night there would be cultural programmes like Drama, Kathakali, Orchestra etc. After that the repetition of the day programmes like elephants, musical resembles, fireworks etc would be there till the morning.

There some poorams and temple festivals without the parade of elephants.

These are the general things.....
A lot more to write about pooram.....

















A folk art performed by a certain community during pooram.