Pulikkali (Tiger Dance)

  • Recently, human tigers and leopards pranced about the streets in a rollicking show of Pulikkali to lend a carnivalesque finish to Onam celebrations.
  • Pulikkali (Tiger Dance) is one of the folk art forms of Kerala.
  • On the fourth day of the Onam festival, artists paint their bodies like tigers with stripes of yellow, red and black and dance to the rhythm of traditional percussion instruments such as thakil, udukku and chenda.
  • The main theme of this folk art is tiger hunting, with participants playing the role of tiger and hunter.
  • It was introduced by the erstwhile ruler of Cochin, Maharaja ....
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