Did you know, every year during the festive season of Onam, special guests visit the Swaraj Ground in Thrissur (Kerala)?
Those special guests are tigers!
Don’t panic! They aren’t real tigers. But artists, who have the big cat’s face painted on their bodies and stripes on their limbs in yellow, red, and black. They dance and enact popular traditional plays during the 10-day celebration. This folk art is known as Puli Kali (‘Puli’ refers to a leopard or a tiger, and ‘Kali’ means ‘to play’ in the Malayalam language).
Interesting, isn’t it?
There are several such unique festivals celebrated in different parts of our country throughout the year. Come, let’s take a tour across our country and explore some of the offbeat festivals in India.
India is the land of diversity, culture and colorful festivals, where each festival has its own significance. Learning about these offbeat, regional festivals help us understand our country better.
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Comments
Shubham
February 21, 2020
Wow it’s so amazing and cool????
Sara Sreya George
December 5, 2019
i knew about the boat race and onam but others were new to me .Thankyou byju’s for giving me such a wonderful information
Prithviraj
November 9, 2019
Thanks for this traditional information
Parikshith raj
November 9, 2019
I know the hornbill bird,but I don’t know there was a festival called as the hornbill festival.
Gurpreet Kaur
November 8, 2019
Desi Olympic! Wow! Interesting ?
Lekshmi
November 6, 2019
Thank you Byjus for giving this wonderful information about our country’s offbeat festivals. Never heard about kila Raipur Olympics before.
A A D
November 6, 2019
I only like festivals which are eco-friendly. They all are joyful.
Suhani periwal
November 5, 2019
I like this fact presented by Byju’s
Sachin
November 3, 2019
Is the date of kite festival (makar Sankranti) is same every year ?
Shagun
November 3, 2019
Thanks Byju’s for such a great information ???✨?
Prathvi mali
November 2, 2019
It is very wonderful app.
It is helpful for self studies.
Sourav J
November 1, 2019
Very interesting and fascinating festivals!
Anuj Kumar Gupta
October 31, 2019
Kila Raipur Olympics isn’t it funny but yes proud of it…
Swastika
October 31, 2019
Desi Olympics! Really seems new!
Priyadarshini
October 31, 2019
I like this story . I didn’t know about these festivals but now I know. Thanks to BYJU’s for this wonderful knowledge.