Kerala Lifestyle
Kerala’s traditional lifestyle is pretty amazing for a visitor. You have a grand variety of dishes, much-honored cultural diversities, charming waterfalls and breathtaking hill stations to drape in your vacations with full of fun and joy. Being a stunning gift of the Arabian Sea and featured for its unique green lush, Kerala has always been a dazzling attraction point of tourists in India.
Kerala populace mostly spreads across thousands of its serene villages. Even if, taken as a whole, Kerala is said to be a big city, thanks to its geographical specialties and uniqueness in lifestyle. Well, Kerala differs quite a lot from all other Indian states because of its specialties in culture, natural beauty and cuisine. Moreover, people are friendly and life in Kerala has always been peaceful and tranquil for all.
Food Lover’s Paradise
There is something precious for food lovers in Kerala. It is not a wonder to say that Kerala has been a melting pot of various cultures and food styles. All the time in history some new people arrived to Kerala and the state warmly welcomed all the diversities. It is no surprise that Kerala was one of the first locations in India where foreign explorers also landed in the past years. Its geographical location indeed made it a gateway to India.
Certainly the cuisine of Kerala has been largely benefited by the influence of all these varied cultures. The result is that currently there is a yummy mix of cuisine, mainly under three styles – Traditional, Arabic and European. Kerala’s traditional food, in fact, looks to be impacted by the Tamil culture. Its customary dishes include ethnic items like Puttu and Kadala (see the picture above), Sadya (meal), Sambar (special curry with vegetables) and etc…
Later, Arabic and European food styles were also embraced by the people in Kerala with the presence of Muslims and British. Plus, Kerala is rich with several natural food items like jackfruit, mango, coconut and banana. They are quite healthy, especially because they are mostly cultivated in organic style, with no pesticides and pollutants.
Festival and Cultural Events
Festival is of high significance in Kerala lifestyle and culture. A big variety of festivals take place regularly all across Kerala, and temple and other religious festivals are most prominent ones. Every temple has a festival a year, and based on the size of the temple, festival will be large and small.
Thrissur pooram is a typical example of annual festivals in Kerala. This grand, world-famous event takes places at the Vadakkunnathan Temple in Thrissur every year. Festivals generally feature elephant parades, fireworks, and musical events and, therefore, they always offer great feast for travelers.
Kerala has a large tradition of its own art forms. Kathakali, Chakyar Koothu, Nangiar Koothu, Mohiniyattam, Theyyam, Padayani, Thiyyattu, Koodiyattam, Kerala Natanam, Panchavadyam, Thullal, Tholpavakoothu and Ottamthullal are only a few to count. Most of these art forms are presented in its cultural events and festivals. All the typical Kerala art forms tell the story of Kerala people and their lifestyle in diverse ways.
