01 a 07
Varkala's Janardhana Swamy Temple
Chaka chilichonse, mwezi wa Meenam (March-April), tsiku la khumi la chikondwerero cha Arattu chimakondwerera ku kachisi wa Janardhana Swamy mumzinda wa Varkala mumphepete mwa nyanja ya Kerala. Kachisi wa Janardhana Swamy ili pamtunda, pamsewu wa pamtunda, pakati pa mzinda wa Varkala ndi Varkala. Zimakwera pamtunda wautali wa masitepe pamwamba. Komabe, Ahindu okha amaloledwa kulowa m'kati mwa kachisi wamkati.
Nyumba ya Janardhana Swamy yaperekedwa kwa Ambuye Vishnu ndi mulungu wamphongo Hanuman. Kachisi wakhala malo oyendayenda a Chihindu kuyambira m'zaka za zana la 12. Ponseponse pakachisi, pali zojambulajambula komanso zithunzi zojambula za Ambuye Hanuman zosiyanasiyana. Hanuman, mulungu wamphongo wachimphamvu wamphamvu ndi wamphamvu, adathandiza Ambuye Rama (kubwezeretsedwa kwa Ambuye Vishnu) kuti apulumutse mkazi wake Sita kuchokera ku chiwanda mfumu Ravana.
Chikondwerero cha pakachisi chimayambira ndi mbendera ya Kodiyettam yokweza mbendera, ndipo imathera ndi gulu la njovu zokongoletsedwa kudutsa m'misewu. Pa tsiku lachisanu ndi chiwiri la chikondwererochi, zikondwererozi zimaphatikizapo machitidwe onse usiku monga kuvomereza Kathakali. Zithunzi zokongolazi zikuwonetsera kukongola kwa chikondwererochi.
02 a 07
Kathakali Dance
Traditional Kathakali dance ndi chinthu chofunika kwambiri pa phwando la kachisi wa Janardhana Swamy. Pa tsiku lachinayi ndi lachisanu la chikondwerero cha pakachisi usiku wonse machitidwe akuchitika, kuphatikizapo kuvomereza Kathakali.
Kuvina kwa Kathakali kunayambira ku India ku Kerala kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1600. Ndi mtundu wa masewero ovina omwe amapereka nkhani zochokera ku Ramayana , Mahabharata ndi mafilimu ena achihindu, nthano ndi nthano. Zovala ndi kudzipangira ndi mbali yaikulu ya Kathakali kuvina.
03 a 07
Chikondwerero cha kachisi wa kachisi
Pa tsiku lotsirizira la chikondwerero cha pakachisi, kuyendetsa kwakukulu kukuchitika kumawonjezera mtundu ndi chisangalalo. Njovu zokongoletsa kwambiri ndizofunika kwambiri pazokambirana. Ku Kerala, njovu zimaonedwa ngati chizindikiro cha pompano ndi chitukuko, ndipo palibe phwando la pakachisi m'dzikoli lopanda popanda iwo. Kuwonjezera pa kupereka ulemu, njovu zimanyamula chifaniziro cha mulungu wa pakachisi panthawi ya chikondwerero cha zikondwerero.
Monga mwachizoloƔezi, njovu zonse zimakongoletsedwa ndi zida zagolide (nettipattam) , mabelu ndi makola. Anthu amawayendetsa, nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi ziphuphu zamtundu (muthukuda) , amawomba nsalu zam'mimba (venchamaram) , ndi mafanizi a nthenga za peacock (aalvattoam) .
04 a 07
Oimba Achikhalidwe
Kuyenda kwa njovu ku phwando la pakachisi kumaphatikizidwa ndi osewera mwambo ndi oimba ena akusewera zida zosiyanasiyana. Zikondwerero za pakachisi ku Kerala ndizochita phokoso kwambiri, ndikumveka koopsa monga chenda melam . Zida zoimbira zimaphatikizapo zida zoimbira, monga chida cha mkuwa cha C (chomwe chimatchedwa kombu ), chomwe chikugogomezera ndi kuwonjezera nthawi yovina. Atatha kuyendayenda kwa maola ambiri, oimba amatsata njovu kupita kukachisi.
05 a 07
Theyyam Achikulire
Ngakhalenso njovu ndi oimba, phwando lachitetezo la pakachisi lilinso ndi ojambula ena osiyanasiyana, ovekedwa kuti asonyeze nthano zosiyanasiyana zachihindu za ku kachisi.
06 cha 07
Mizimu Yoipa
Ochita zovala, ovekedwa ngati mizimu yonyansa, amakhalanso mbali ya phwando la chikondwerero cha pakachisi. Ena mwa ojambula amavala ngati mizimu yoipa poyimira nthano ya Ambuye Vishnu, mulungu wamkulu wa kachisi, kuthamangitsa chiwanda choipa m'nkhalango. Pali zolemba zina zoopsa ndithu!
07 a 07
Garuda
Chithunzi choopsyachi chikuimira Garuda, chiwombankhanga chachikulu cha nthano. Malinga ndi nthano ya Chihindu, Garuda ndi munthu wa hafu, mbalame imodzi yomwe imanyamula Ambuye Vishnu. Mu epic Ramayana , mwana wa Garuda anathandiza Hanuman ndi Ambuye Rama kumenyana kuti amasule Sita kuchokera ku chiwanda mfumu Ravana.
Pali zofunikira zambiri kwa opanga zovala ngati Garuda ku Kerala, kumene mwambo wotchedwa Garudan Thookam umatchuka kukhala njira yopembedza mulungu wamkazi waumulungu. Pa mwambowu, wojambula - ali ndi nkhope yobiriwira, ndi thupi lodzaza ndi mapiko ophatikizika ndi mulomo wofiira - amapanga kuvina kosavuta. Pambuyo pake, iye amalowetsa chikhomo chachitsulo kumbuyo kwake ndikusuntha kuchokera ku chingwe chogwirizanitsa, mapiko atambasulidwa. Mwazi umene woimbayo amavomereza amawoneka ngati wopereka kwa mulunguyo.