27/03/2019
Cultural Holidays With Go Kera Holidays
'Thiruvathirakali'- A very popular group dance of Kerala, its also known as Kaikottikkali.
It performed by the women often during festive seasons like Onam and the Thiruvathira day. Performed by maids in order to attain everlasting marital bliss, Thiruvathirakali is a simple and gentle dance with the lasya element or the amorous charm predominating. The dance is performed around a nilavilakku (a ceremonial lamp) or a floral decoration. The dancers move in a circular pattern, accompanied by rhythmic clapping of the hands, to the tune of the Thiruvathira pattu. One of the performers sings the first line of the Thiruvathira pattu (song) while the rest repeat it in chorus. The songs are often narrations from the folk epics.
