Ulsavam (Festival) after Dussehra in Vadakanchery, Kerala

Dussehra, also called Vijaya Dasami in Tamil, is one of India's two major Hindu festivals.

On the day after Dasami (also called Eka Dasi, or the eleventh day after the new moon), my father's village of Vadakanchery, Kerala, has a big festival, and a parade with elephants down the street from one temple to the other.

It's a great time to see one of Kerala's great folk art forms, called Pancha Vadyam (or "five instruments"). Featuring three different types of drum, horns, and the conch shell (and the bells that are common in Hindu religious music), it really shows off the great syncopated rhythms of south Indian music.

I took the footage for this (edited) video on Ekadasi, 2006 (Oct. 3, 2006) while I was visiting Vadakanchery with my sister and daughter.

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• India
• Kerala
• Folk

[kgkallikkal]

Thanks for posting. I am very happy to see Vadakkencherry Gramam Perumal Kovil. Please Add more

[devadas37]

great vid..

tx for sharing

[suchandradasi]

Thank you for sharing this with the world. It is very important, to see how God is worshiped. Thank you for the auspicious darshan!