Devotees taking part Kodungalloor Bharani festival in Kerala, India.
Kodungalloor Bharani is a temple festival, a congregation of oracles (Vellichapads). Dressed in red, with untied hair, brandishing their swords both men and women Komarams create an electric oracles perform a mad run around the temple. They throw objects inside the temple mainly sticks which signifies the Kavutheendal. The oracles also sing numerous songs that are associated with the legend of the Goddess and those associated with farming, culture and mother earth. Another highlight is the hurling of abuses at the deity ? locally known as Kodungalloor Bharani Pattu. The lyrics of the song contain mostly sexually explicit words ? most of which are abusive.
Size: 5256px × 3497px
Location: Kodungalloor,Kerala,India
Photo credit: © Jakub Sliwa / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
Keywords: 30-39, adult, adults, bharani, burning, camphor, celebration, ceremony, cigarette, color, crowd, culture, dancing, danger, day, devotees, ethnicity, festival, flame, garland, group, hinduism, holding, horizontal, image, india, indian, kerala, kodungalloor, large, lighter, men, mid, mouth, open, outdoors, part, people, religion, religious, shirtless, subcontinent, traditional, years
