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The racial and ethnic history of Kerala is highly controversial and disputed among the cultural anthropologists, historians and other scholars. The people of Kerala, known as Malayali (people speaking Malayalam language ), are polygenetic and belong to different ethnic groups and religions.
Kerala's people are most densely settled in the coastal region, leaving the eastern hills and mountains comparatively sparsely populated. [citation needed] Kerala is the second-most urbanised major state in the country with 47.7% urban population according to the 2011 Census of India. [14] Hinduism is followed by the majority of Keralites (54.7%).
Kerala was usually known as Malabar in the foreign trade circles in the medieval era. [28] Earlier, the term Malabar had also been used to denote Tulu Nadu and Kanyakumari which lie contiguous to Kerala in the southwestern coast of India, in addition to the modern state of Kerala. [29] [30] The people of Malabar were known as Malabars.
Malayali people (9 C, 824 P) P. Paradesi Jews (7 P) S. ... Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Kerala" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
The origin of the Nair is disputed. Some people think the name itself is derived from nayaka , an honorific meaning "leader of the people", while others believe it stems from the community's association with the Naga cult of serpent worship.
Related ethnic groups Billava , Sinhalese [ citation needed ] The Ezhavas, also known as Thiyya or Tiyyar in the Malabar region , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] are a community with origins in the region of India presently known as Kerala , where in the 2010s they constituted about 23% of the population and were reported to be the largest Hindu community.
Native traditions of classical performing arts include koodiyattom, a form of Sanskrit drama or theatre and a UNESCO-designated Human Heritage Art.Kathakali (from katerumbu ("story") and kali ("performance")) is a 500-year-old form of dance-drama that interprets ancient epics; a popularized offshoot of kathakali is Kerala natanam (developed in the 20th century by dancer Guru Gopinath).
The Paniya, also known as Paniyar and Paniyan, are an ethnic group of India. They constitute the single largest Scheduled Tribe in Kerala and are mainly found in the Wayanad District and the neighbouring areas of Karnataka. They primarily inhabit villages around edge of forestland in Kerala's Wayanad, Kozhikode, Kannur and Malappuram districts