ONAM
- It is a Hindu festival celebrated in Kerala, India.
- It is also the state festival of Kerala with State holidays on 4 days starting from Onam Eve (Uthradom) to the 3rd Onam Day.
Significance.
- It is in honour of King Mahabali that Onam is celebrated.
- Kerala's rice harvest festival and the Festival of Rain Flowers, which fall on the month of Chingam, celebrates the Asura King Mahabali's annual visit from Patala (the underworld)
- The beauty of the festival lies in its secular fabric. People of all religions, castes and communities celebrate the festival with equal joy and verve.
-Onam also helps to create an atmosphere of peace and brotherhood by way of various team sports organised on the day
Celebrations.
- Onam falls in the month of Chingam, which is the first month according to the Malayalam Calendar. The celebrations begin within a fortnight of the Malayalam New Year and go on for ten days. All over the state of Kerala, festive rituals, traditional cuisine, dance and music mark this harvest festival.
- The ten days of Onam are celebrated with great fanfare, by Malayalees.
- Of all these days, most important ones are the first day, Atham, and the tenth and final day, Thiru-Onam (Thiruvonam).
Onakkodi.
The tradition of buying and wearing new clothes for the occasion of Onam is called the Onakkodi.
-Well-known races include the Aranmula Uthrattadhi Boat Race and the Nehru Trophy Boat Race.
-About 100 oarsmen row huge and graceful snake boats and men and women come from far and near to watch the snake boats skim through the water.
- Thiruvathirakali is a women's dance performed in a circle around a lamp.
- Kummattikali is a famous and colorful-mask dance.
- Thrissur, festivities includes a procession consisting of caparisoned elephants surrounded by Kummatikali dancers. The masked dancers go from house to house performing the colorful Kummattikali.
- Kathakali dance is also commonly performed during this time, with dancers enacting famous mythological legends.
Pulikali during Onam.
-Pilikali also known as Kaduvakali is a common sight during Onam season.
-This dance showcases performers painted like tigers in bright yellow, red and black, who dance to the beats of instruments like Chenda and thakil.
- The Onam sadya (feast) is indispensable part of Thiruvonam (Last day of Onam), and almost every Keralite attempts to either make or attend one. The feast is served on plantain leaves and consists of about 26 dishes
- It is a Hindu festival celebrated in Kerala, India.
- It is also the state festival of Kerala with State holidays on 4 days starting from Onam Eve (Uthradom) to the 3rd Onam Day.
Significance.
- It is in honour of King Mahabali that Onam is celebrated.
- Kerala's rice harvest festival and the Festival of Rain Flowers, which fall on the month of Chingam, celebrates the Asura King Mahabali's annual visit from Patala (the underworld)
- The beauty of the festival lies in its secular fabric. People of all religions, castes and communities celebrate the festival with equal joy and verve.
-Onam also helps to create an atmosphere of peace and brotherhood by way of various team sports organised on the day
Celebrations.
- Onam falls in the month of Chingam, which is the first month according to the Malayalam Calendar. The celebrations begin within a fortnight of the Malayalam New Year and go on for ten days. All over the state of Kerala, festive rituals, traditional cuisine, dance and music mark this harvest festival.
- The ten days of Onam are celebrated with great fanfare, by Malayalees.
- Of all these days, most important ones are the first day, Atham, and the tenth and final day, Thiru-Onam (Thiruvonam).
Onakkodi.
The tradition of buying and wearing new clothes for the occasion of Onam is called the Onakkodi.
Boat Race.
Vallamkali (the snake boat race) is another event that is synonymous with Onam.-Well-known races include the Aranmula Uthrattadhi Boat Race and the Nehru Trophy Boat Race.
-About 100 oarsmen row huge and graceful snake boats and men and women come from far and near to watch the snake boats skim through the water.
Music and Dance.
Traditional dance forms including Thiruvathira, Kummattikali, Pulikali, Thumbi Thullal etc. are performed as part of celebrations all over Kerala at this time.- Thiruvathirakali is a women's dance performed in a circle around a lamp.
- Kummattikali is a famous and colorful-mask dance.
- Thrissur, festivities includes a procession consisting of caparisoned elephants surrounded by Kummatikali dancers. The masked dancers go from house to house performing the colorful Kummattikali.
- Kathakali dance is also commonly performed during this time, with dancers enacting famous mythological legends.
Thiruvathira Kali during Onam.
-Pilikali also known as Kaduvakali is a common sight during Onam season.
-This dance showcases performers painted like tigers in bright yellow, red and black, who dance to the beats of instruments like Chenda and thakil.
Onam Sadya.
Sadya.
- The Onam sadya (feast) is indispensable part of Thiruvonam (Last day of Onam), and almost every Keralite attempts to either make or attend one. The feast is served on plantain leaves and consists of about 26 dishes
Pookolam.
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