Festivals in Kerala -
the reverberation of an amazingly beautiful, rich and deep-rooted
culture.
Keralas culture
is unique and attracts people from near and far. But to get advance
information about cultural events and festivals in Kerala is very
difficult.
The engagements
of the day may be given in the local and regional
newspapers; the event calendar of the official website of Kerala
tourism --after it’s initial enthusiasm -- fell back to a rather
selective compilation of advance information.
Unless you are
not a member of a variety of cultural clubs or cultural trusts that may
reflect not only the richness and diversity of Kerala culture but the
‘ego’ of the organizers as well, you will be at loss to plan a visit in
advance.
The just and
for the first time published Kerala Festival Directory, edited
and compiled by V.A. Menon is therefore a laudable
initiative that hopefully will develop into a reliable and exhaustive
source of information about Keralas amazing beautiful, rich and
deep-rooted culture.
For the time
being this directory of monthly events, listed district wise
and by date and compiled mainly from the above mentioned
source, makes the information available on the Internet. It is still
quite selective; a variety of festivals in the art field like 'carnatic
music festivals', all kind of performing art festivals not connected
with temple, church or mosque festivals and so on may have to be added.
We hope that
this calendar of events serves the purpose as long as those authorities
that should be concerned cannot provide a more exhaustive and reliable
source of information.
We will be happy for any contribution to improve this web
site that does not serve any commercial purpose but is solely dedicated
to highlight the cultural background of Kerala. |