UTSAVAM

This important festival (Ulvasom in Malayalam), organized by the Kerala Tourism Department, brings together different forms of traditional Kerala performing arts. The aim is to support and promote the traditional arts of the state. Processions of majestically caparisoned elephants, traditional music, folk dances, Kathakali performances, ritual arts like Theyyam... These festivities are spread over a week in about thirty places distributed in the main cities of the State.