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Oct 23 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
Karinchamundi, Kulikkaavu, Karivellur.

കരിഞ്ചാമുണ്ഡിയമ്മ, കൂളിക്കാവ് കരിവെള്ളൂർ

#Theyyam ImageImageImageImage
Karinchamundi, Kulikkaavu, Karivellur.

കരിഞ്ചാമുണ്ഡിയമ്മ, കൂളിക്കാവ് കരിവെള്ളൂർ

#Theyyam ImageImageImage
Karinchamundi, Kulikkaavu, Karivellur.

കരിഞ്ചാമുണ്ഡിയമ്മ, കൂളിക്കാവ് കരിവെള്ളൂർ

#Theyyam

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Karinchamundi, Kulikkaavu, Karivellur.

കരിഞ്ചാമുണ്ഡിയമ്മ, കൂളിക്കാവ് കരിവെള്ളൂർ

#Theyyam
Koolikkaavu Karinchamundi, Karivellur.

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Nikhil | നിഖിൽ Profile picture
Oct 20
Found a youngster making Theyyam miniatures for various use cases — display, showpiece, car dashboard etc.

Photos of miniatures of Pottan #Theyyam for car dashboard here.

His name is Vishnu.
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Sometime ago had chatted with another youngster doing similar work (creating #Theyyam miniatures). Prajul. But he seems to be busy with college these days. Mind blown with the level of entrepreneurism among youngsters. I seem to have deleted pics of Prajul's work. +91 91883 96142
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Oct 5
Quick observations on Vietnam through an Indian tourist's eyes. 🧵 🇻🇳

1) Vietnam's cities, towns and even rural areas are clean—and for someone like me who went there expecting third-world-like conditions, I was pleasantly surprised. Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. This ...
2) These places are clean because people co-operate with municipal authorities who collect trash (twice) daily (at times even more).

3) The people of Vietnam are very friendly and nice. They say hello, wave hands etc. if you make an eye contact.
4) Language is a big barrier—even Cambodia was manageable for me with broken English and gestures. English was not at all useful in Vietnam.
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Sep 27
Cu Chi tunnels are about 2 hours from Saigon. The Vietnamese fought the Americans from the hundreds of km of tunnels in these jungles — they lived here and fought for years from these unlivable narrow, dark tunnel-network. Cu Chi tunnels. An entrance.A door trap that used to be fixed behind doors to kill the iRubber sandals being made even today. Their shapes are weirdAn American tank deep inside the Cu Chi jungle.
More of Cu Chi tunnels and the area around. One could imagine American planes dropping Agent Orange and the their men and tanks marching into these forests. A fighting bunker. Cu Chi tunnels.An anthill through which bamboo is inserted in an inclined w
I spent some time underground and couldn't manage beyond a point crawling and sliding. Scary to imagine how the Vietnamese men and women fought from these tunnels and trenches.
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Aug 30
Manorama has started another series on gold smuggling; it seems biscuits are passé. Powdered gold is the new favorite among smugglers.

Carriers get around ₹1 lakh for carrying 1.5 kg gold. The actual guys behind it makes ₹4.2 Lakhs (after all expenses).
The writer describes how gold powder is mixed with maida and castor oil, made into lumps of around 250g, put in a condom in Dubai and inserted into the you-know-where of smugglers. In this instance, the delivered good was taken to a place in Malappuram and melted to extract gold.
Looks like the people in Dubai at the other end of the infamous diplomatic gold smuggling case that rocked Kerala, are back in action. They even have started a new jewelry in Dubai, as per Manorama.
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Jul 31
In this fascinating piece by @pradeepthinks, he talks about sects that worshipped Shiva in their own way, including the ones who smeared themselves with crematorium ash and used cranium as begging bowl.
This reminded me of Kelipatram or Keliyathram, an almost-extinct tradition from Kolattunādu, or North Malabar. Kelipatram is a ritualistic art form, performed by people from the Chōyi or Yōgi Gurukkal caste.
Quick info on these people: The Yogi Gurukkals are described in the Madras Census Report, 1891, as “a Malayalam- speaking beggar caste. They are also priests in Kali temples, and pial schoolmasters. They bury their dead in a sitting posture (like Sanyasis).”
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Jul 30
This is the picturesque Aspinwall House in Fort Kochi, a heritage property that traces its roots to 1867 when it began as the office of Aspinwall & Company, founded by English trader John H Aspinwall. (Photo: Kochi Konnect, FB) 🧵 on Aspinwall & Co.
The story of Aspinwall & Co. is intertwined with the recent (ie. over 150 years) history of Fort Kochi.
To tell the story of Aspinwall & Co. in Cochin, we have to start from a company called Oughterson Campbell & Co. that was established in 1844. They did business in timber, ship building and general trading and were one of the first organised trading ventures in Cochin.
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