Enrich your family holidays knowing about a unique and multi-discipline
culture. Take a unique journey with OSCON Holidays across two thousand years of
artistic and cultural heritage. Know about art forms in which every single
gesture and movement remind you of lifelong devotion and perseverance behind
it.
From the ancient times of Kings of Kerala, the classical rituals and performing
artists received rich patronage, which has been the major reason for their
grandeur and creativity of Kerala's performing art forms. |
Kathakali is perhaps the only dance form in which the entire body is used to
portray a story. The Kathakali artistes wear elaborate costumes, ornaments and
facial make-up. |
Kalaripayattu - a comprehensive system of the martial arts of Kerala - will
feast your eyes as it amazes your children. It is regarded as one of the oldest
and most scientific martial arts in the world. Even kung-fu is believed to have
originated from Kalaripayattu |
Koodiyattam is the oldest existing classical dance drama in the world and is
recognized by UNESCO as the 'oral and intangible heritage of humanity'.
Believed to be at least 2000 years old, Koodiyattam, draws its stories from the
Ramayana, the Hindu epic, and is performed in Sanskrit, the oldest language in
the world, to the accompaniment of a mizhav, a kind of drum. |
Theyyam was has developed over a period of 1500 years. It is an extraordinary
trance-like dance form in which characters, wearing bizarre headdresses,
outlandish costumes and body paint represent mythological, divine and heroic
personages. |
For the culture and art lovers, OSCON Holidays organize a comprehensive tour of
Kalamandalam, the seat of Kerala's art and culture. It is the only place on
earth where the ancient Gurukula system of learning (in which the student
leaves his home to stay with his Master to be in continuous state of learning)
exists in its true sense. This is a journey into the very heart of artistic
Kerala. |
OSCON Holidays presents another pulsating art program called Kaleidoscope
Kerala showcasing almost the entire gamut of Kerala's ancient and unique art
forms in a seamless, vibrant and colorful display that will enthrall people of
any age and origin alike. This 3 hour show is staged thrice a week in Cochin. |
Apart from its glory in ancient art forms and culture, Kerala stands as an
example for religious harmony. All the temples, churches and Mosques stand
shoulder to shoulder in a society that is precedence for perfect co-existence
of various castes and communities. Celebration of Onam - the biggest festival
in the land - and Thrissur Pooram - known for the elephant march and
fire-crackers - in the same pomp and gaiety by all communities is another
interesting example of religious harmony. |
