Karinchamundi, Kulikkaavu, Karivellur.

കരിഞ്ചാമുണ്ഡിയമ്മ, കൂളിക്കാവ് കരിവെള്ളൂർ

#Theyyam Karinchamundi, Kulikkaavu, Karivellur.

കരിഞ്ചാമുണ്ഡിയമ്മ, കൂളിക്കാവ് കരിവെള്ളൂർ

#Theyyam

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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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. 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.

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. 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.

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.

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.

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.

Another day. Another Ponzi scheme in Kerala. 22 year old chap. ₹100 crores. asianetnews.com/crime-news/pol… I mean, Malayalees need just buzzwords to fall into investment fraud traps — from goat to mangium, from 'Popular' blades to crypto — a buzzword thrown into the Ponzi schemes with no underlying.