Onam festival: Kummatti dancers are in full swing | Watch Video
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Kerala: Onam is round the corner, and the Kummattis (mask dance performers) add colour to the festivity in Thrissur district in Kerala.
A group of performers of the mask dance, from all castes, dances in tune with the traditional ballads.
The entire body of the performer is donned with Parpatakappullu, a medicinal green grass that earned the name Kummaattippullu by virtue of its application to the play.
The fragrance of this grass invigorates the artiste. The art form it seems was first staged before Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathi......
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