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Performing arts encompass dance, drama and music performed before an audience, representing one domain of UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage. In the Kerala context, the Department of Cultural Affairs categorises performing arts into five groups: classical art forms, ritual arts, folk arts,…
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The Vagbhatananda Library occupies a cramped, old and unassuming space, approximately the size of a one-car garage. Located 90 kilometers inland from the coast of Kozhikode, the library’s exterior offers little indication of the treasures within. Albert Camus’s books are placed on a dusty shelf,…
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The polytheistic belief system and religious practices of India have a rich and ancient history which dates back to the Vedic ages. For centuries, Indians have been worshipping the forces of nature, including natural phenomena, trees, animals and the Mother Earth, which is a practice believed…
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M.T. Vasudevan Nair (b.1933) popularly known as MT, is a versatile writer, who has contributed immensely to different genres of Malayalam prose, including novels, short fiction, screenplays, memoirs and essays. He is one of the most widely read Malayalam novelists with numerous all-time best-…
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ഗോത്രജീവിതം മുതല്‍ മനുഷ്യര്‍ രൂപപ്പെടുത്തിയ സംസ്കാരവും കലാരൂപങ്ങളും പാട്ടുകളും ആചാരാനുഷ്ഠാനങ്ങളുമെല്ലാം കാലത്തിനൊപ്പം പരിണമിച്ചുകൊണ്ടേയിരിക്കുന്നു. സാമൂഹ്യ ജീവിതത്തിന്‍റെ ബാഹ്യതലത്തില്‍ അടയാളങ്ങള്‍ കാണാമെങ്കിലും സമൂഹസത്തയുടെ ആന്തരികതയാണ് ഇവയുടെ അടിസ്ഥാനം നിലനില്‍ക്കുന്നത്. സങ്കീര്‍ണ്ണമായ സാമൂഹ്യ…
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പുരാതനകാലം മുതൽ തുടരുന്ന കേരളത്തിന്‍റെ സമുദ്രാന്തരവാണിജ്യത്തിന്‍റെ പ്രത്യേക കാലഘട്ടമാണ് യൂറോപ്യൻ ശക്തികൾ മലബാർ തീരത്ത് സാന്നിധ്യമറിയിച്ച അഞ്ചു നൂറ്റാണ്ടുകൾ. കൊളോണിയൽ അധീശ ശക്തികൾ എന്ന നിലയിൽ നാട്ടുരാജ്യങ്ങളിൽ രാഷ്ട്രീയമായി ഇടപെട്ടു തുടങ്ങുകയും, മേൽക്കോയ്മയും തുടർന്ന് സമ്പൂർണ്ണ ആധിപത്യവും…
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Pakkanar Kali and Mudiyattam are forms of ritual dance practised by Dalit communities in Central and South Kerala. Mudiyattam (mudi means hair and attam means dance) is performed by women and is a dance that demonstrates the power of women. Each caste and region has its own variation of…
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Kerala has a long history of mural art and the mural paintings in churches, which probably developed along with the mural tradition of the temples here. Mural paintings are frequently found on the walls of the altar and its vaulted roof and occasionally on the wall of the nave. A few churches have…
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Focusing on rock art as important archaeological remains, Dr Selvakumar V prompts us to consider such engravings as a source for drawing history. His emphasis on the term ‘art’, as used by scholars, allows the viewers to understand several interpretations which the term holds. For instance, it…
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