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Kathakali

49th Anniversary Celebrations of Kathakali club, Thrissur was held at Parammekkavu temple agrasala at Thrissur, Kerala.

The plays 'Nalacharitham Randam Divasam’ and ‘Baka Vadham’ featuring Kalamandalam Gopi, Nelliyodu Vasudevan Namboodiri, Margi Vijayakumar, Kalamandalam Manoj, Kalamandalam Sankara Warrier, Kalamandalam Shanmughadas and others were staged.

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Eranakulathappan temple festival

It is the season of festivals in Kerala. Kerala temples are celebrating poorams and festivals in the summer season with sunny days and calm nights.

Today, witnessed a temple festival at Eranakulam, Kerala.  The festival was at Eranakulathappan temple in the heart of the town. The temple ground and premises where crowded with sellers, buyers and others who were fully involved in the festival. Caparissoned Elephants where lined up. The decorated lights and sellers added the colors of the festival.The Durbar hall ground, the venue of various cultural programmes has different programmes in connection with Eranakulathappan temple festival. 

The festive sales

The Durbar Hall, that conducts different evenets of the city, is near to the Eranakulathappan temple. An exhibition of Mural Paintings, Varnonmeelanam, by artist Sarans Guruvayoor and his students is taking place in the Durbal Hall. Sarans Guruvayur is a mural artist from Guruvayur who has conducted different painting exhibitions all over India. Varnonmeelanam conducted here is the second edition of its kind by Sarans Guruvayur and group. Communal harmony is the theme of Varnonmeelanam at Durbar Hall. For details contact Sarans Guruvayoor at 09847056467.

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Books on Kerala

THE STORY OF MUNNAR

Author: Sulochana Nalappatt
Publisher: DC Books
Price: INR 750.
No: of Pages: 600

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DESTINATION KERALA: Recipe of Kerala’s overarching success in all spheres

Author: K Jayakumar
Publisher: DC BOOKS
Price: INR 1000
No: of Pages: 210

ViBGYOR – International Short & Documentary Film Festival

ViBGYOR , the International Short & Documentary Film Festival raises the curtain on February 11 Twenty14 at Thrissur, Kerala. The name ViBGYOR signifies the diversity and beauty of the festival  like the seven colors of the rainbow. “Celebrating Identities and diversities” is the tagline of ViBGYOR, the international festival this year.

Some of the events in the Short & Documentary Film Festival include, film screening, meet the directors, mini conferences and south asian conferences, exhibitions, food and craft fair, resistance music and cultural evening and various local social movements. Registrations are required to participate in the festival. There is family pass, delegate pass and student pass which can be registered online. The focus theme of ViBGYOR 2014 is Gender Justice.

For Details, visit, www.vibgyorfilm.org

Stages Set Up For ITFOK 2014

Thrissur, the cultural capital of Kerala is set for the sixth edition of International Theatre Festival of Kerala (ITFOK)2014. The theater festival is inaugurated on 27 January 2014 at 06.00pm at Actor Murali Outdoor Theatre, Thrissur. The outdoor theatre was recently inaugurated in the name of Late actor and theatre person Murali, by Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy. The theatre festival will take place in several venues at Thrissur till February 03 2014.

The Art of Pottery

Most villages in Kerala have a community of potters called Kumbhara colony or manpathra nirmana community. In villages of Palakkad district, there are such colonies . The pottery is a skill and art which depicts the tradition and culture of Kerala. Because of the lower profit and high effort, today many of the youngsters are not coming up in their community for this job. So the art is on its exinct.At Ramassery village in Palakkad, there is such a community of potters who are still active. The village of Ramassery is famous for its Ramassery idly, a special preparation from this village.

The potter usually makes his pottery using clay collected from their nearby places or from where it is available. The raw clay is smoothened and made dough with water using hand. It is then placed in a pottery wheel, a wheel used to mold up the pottery urns to various shapes and size. With their hand and the pottery wheel, the clay clay turns into useful and beautiful pottery. The whole process is so amazing to see. After making a pot in this way, it is separated from the wheel using a thin stick. The next step is to harden the clay by placing it in a kiln for baking. They are kept for two – three days for hardening. The fully completed pots are sold directly or through shops.