It could easily have been one among those many folk art forms that have faded into oblivion for want of practitioners or an audience. Thanks to the dedicated townsfolk of Payyannur, in Kannur district ...

Kozhikode: The State School Arts Festivals have played a major role in preserving traditional art forms. However, there have been complaints from learned quarters that several art forms have been ...

KOCHI:A folk art form once thought to be dying out due to lack of interest livened up proceedings at the ongoing Kochi-Muziris Biennale. The hour-long performance ‘Payyunur Charadukuthi Kolkali’, a ...

MALAPPURAM: When the rhythmic clash of wooden sticks syncs in perfect harmony, the audience sees what the performers cannot – symmetry, speed and stunning precision. On stage, the 12-member blind ...

Rima Kallingal’s dance studio, Mamangam, always tries to bring varied performances to the city and the latest was a kolkali programme by a team from Malabar. When the artistes beat their sticks and ...

Kochi: An hour-long performance of ‘Payyanur charadukuthi kolkali’, a traditional art form native to Payyanur in Kannur, drew crowd in large numbers at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale on Sunday. “Usually ...

Various folk art forms like Theyyam, Kolkali, Mayilattam, Ammankudam, Pulikkali, and classical art forms like Kathakali added colour to the Athachamayam procession.