Kaikottikali, also known as Thiruvathira Kali, is a graceful group dance performed by women around a lamp (Nilavilakku). The dancers move in a circular motion, clapping their hands rhythmically to the ...

T'puram: Kerala International Folk Festival, organized by Kerala Folklore Academy, was inaugurated at Police Parade Ground, Thycaud, by general education minister V Sivankutty on Friday.The festival, ...

A 25-member Poo Kavadi troupe from Kerala’s Alappuzha district, which performs ritual folk dance at temple festivals, has gained widespread recognition and is being swamped by invitations from foreign ...

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday shared a video of a Kerala folk dance form that bears similarities to Gujarat's Garba. With Navratri just around the corner, one such video has ...

Onam, the rich harvest festival of Kerala, is a timeless celebration of the cultural beauty of the state that comes alive through music, dance, and togetherness. This year it will be celebrated from 6 ...

In a small, warmly lit terrace in Vennala, near Edappally, the air carries the pulse of Kerala’s folk past. Rhythms from another era rise into the balmy evening, as masked dancers and ritual songs ...

Kochi | 'Athachamayam' celebrations, heralding the start of the 10-day Onam festivities in Kerala, saw a colourful rally of caparisoned elephants, floats and folk-dance performances at Tripunithura ...

The State government has included five tribal art forms in the school arts festival from this year. The tribal art forms newly included are Mangalamkali, Paniya dance, Malapulayattam, Irula dance, and ...

The 63rd Kerala State School Arts Festival saw a spectacular display of folk music at the open-air auditorium of the Poojappura Cultural Centre, where the air vibrated with the sound of drums and the ...