In this video of the day , we see the ladies celebrating the Thiruvathira festival in Kerala. This festival falls in the Malayalum month of Dhanu (December-January). Tradition has it that Thiruvathira festival is celebrated in commemoration of the death of Kamadeva, the mythological God of love. According to another version Thiruvathira is the birth day of Lord Siva.Thiruvathira is a day of fasting and the women don not eat rice on this day, but only take preparations of chama (panicum milicceum) or wheat. Other items of their food include plantain fruits, tender coconuts, etc. They also chew betel and redden their lips. At night the women keep vigil for Siva and perform Thiruvathira kali or Kaikottikali. They stand in a circle around lighted brass lamp, and dance each step at the rhythm of the songs they sing, clapping their hands. Grace and simplicity of the dance movements is what caught makes this dance so beautiful. This video again stresses how dance and music are integral part of worship in India.
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