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Onam
Onam
Onam is Kerala's most popular festival, celebrated with great enthusiasm. It
is primarily a harvest festival celebrated to welcome the spirit of the
pious King Mahabali from eternal exile and to assure him that his people are
happy and wish him well.
At trichur, caparisoned, elephants take
part in a spectacular procession. There is also a maginificent display of
fireworks. At Shoranur, appreciative crowds gather on the green where
colourfully dressed Kathakali dancers re-enact the well-loved stories of the
epic heroes and virtuous women.
On the second day of the
festival, every home is lit bright and decorated in preparation for the
visit of King Mahabali. Greetings are exchanged and lengths of auspicious
saffron cloth are presented by friends to one another. The Vallumkali (boat
race) is one of the main attractions of Onam, and is best seen at Aranmulai
and Kottayam.
About a hundred oarsmen row huge and graceful odee
(boats). Oars dip and flash to the rhythum of drums and cymbals in each
boat. The songs are generally topical in character and concern people well
known in Malabar. Above each boat gleam scarlet silk umbrellas, their number
denotes the affluence of the family owning the boat. Gold coins and tassels
hang from the umbrellas.
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