Photo of KATHAKALI dancer in
Kochi, Kerala
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Kochi (Cochin)
Kerala
Kochi (formerly Cochin) on the Malabar Coast of south-western India(see Map of India) has a long history of foreign visitors, traders and colonialists including British, Potuguese, Dutch and even Chinese mariners from the court of Kublai Khan. Famous as a spice port, Kochi is described evocatively in several wonderful novels (see Arundhati Roy & Salman Rushdie).
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A Kathakali dancer in performance. The Kathakali performances relate traditional stories through dance and performances are usually many hours in duration - sometimes running overnight. There are some shorter performances around Kochi for the benefit of travellers who do not usually understand the complexities of Kathakali
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