Mercy me! That many departed??! I’m not familiar with Malaysian cinema, but that is a record number of people to be leaving the film industry, no matter what country.

Wow, dancing tigers. How nice to watch them dance. Maybe they are well trained and tame that is why they can dance. People mus be careful, who knows these tigers will become ferocious if too tired and lack sleep/

Thank You Shaloo. If possible come to Kerala during Onam season… You will be surprised to see so many things related to traditional Kerala.

It’s dated to more than 200 years during the reign of King Shakthan Thampuram. I have watched it live……

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I think this is an amazing culture dance and parade and how everyone dances and participates in these parades is very stunning. I have watched these celebrations a few times on the internet and it is very interesting. Tigers are beautiful wild animals and to use them as sort of their mascot is definitely a way of saying they are free and fast and furious, I think it truly fits the china people. If I had a chance to be there and experience this myself I would love to. Its interesting to see the different cultures around the world and see how they celebrate and how they dress up and what activities they do as a culture.

thank you for your comment

Just search in youtube with key word, ‘Puli Kali Kerala’. You will get a few videos

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yes, he was a great poet and dramatist of modern age. Very few people know that Kavalam was also a fine musicologist. He had done deep research in the indigenous ‘taalas’ of Kerala. All this superb knowledge he brought in the music for Mohiniattam. I choreographed and danced to his lyrics and music and together we placed Mohiniattam on the high pedestal that it deserves.

On Saturday I heard about his deteriorating health. He was semi-conscious. On Sunday, my Mohiniattam team of Nalanda and I dashed to Thiruvananthapuram. It was distressing to see him gasping for breath. He was obviously in pain. But he recognized us and showed his happiness. Incoherently he told me, “Such a long association with you.” Suddenly, he started taala fingering on his other palm leaving us amazed. He held my hand and then with a wide grin he performed a graceful dance pose with his palms.

Soon afterwards we left for the airport to return to Mumbai. I kept on wondering why he etched out the taala and the dance hands. And then I remembered. Sometime ago we had a highly innovative, in depth seminar with Kavalam as the main contributor. As a follow up to this seminar, I told him that we must have another seminar on ‘Aesthetics of Taala in Dance.’ It was this promise that his sharp memory was trying to convey to me.