Tattamangalam Kuthira Vela
Tattamangalam Kuthira Vela or Angadi Vela is a festival conducted in a small village called Tathamangalam in the Palakkad District of Kerala, south India. Kuthira means "horse" and Vela means "festival" in the Malayalam language. During the festival, a grant horse race is conducted by the local people. The riders are from the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu.
One can see many volunteers painted in black with charcoal; these men are guards who control the people standing on the road side to see the race, this is also called Kari Vela.
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During Kuthiravela, thousands of people gather on both sides of the state highway 27 from KSEB office to Vettakkaruppan swamy temple.
See also
- Nemmara Vela, festival in India
- Black face
- Zwarte Piet
References
External links
- Kuthira Vela 2007 Photographs - 28 April 2007 Archived 8 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- TattaMangalam Kuthira Vela Photographs - close to 200 photographs are available Archived 20 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- More related Photos - Kerala festivals
- Photoblog
- TattaMangalam.com
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