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Velakali is a ritualistic martial arts form performed by Nair men in some temples of southern Kerala. [6] The form depicts the fight between the Pandavas and Kauravas. [7] It originated in Ambalappuzha, where Mathoor Panicker, chief of the Chempakasserri army, employed it to boost the martial spirit of the people.
There is much debate about whether the traditional Nair rituals fitted the traditional definition of marriage and which of thalikettu kalyanam or sambandham could lay claim to it. [113] [114] Thomas Nossiter has commented that the system "was so loosely arranged as to raise doubts as to whether 'marriage' existed at all." [115]
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The ritual started with the matching of the horoscope of the girl with the boy and after the matching information was given to the Karanavan (who was the leader of the Nair joint family) of the boy’s family. Fawcett describes a related ritual, the Kettu Kalyanam, in 1905, as described below.
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For that, there was a separate ceremony, Thirandu Kalyanam, performed at a girl's menarche. The tāli-tying ritual was both a religious and legal ceremony between the lineage and enangu group, and thus can be seen as a form of mass marriage, even though it is in practice only a mock-marriage, while the later sambandham are actual marriages.
a) The Zamorins, who were originally Kiryathil Nairs whose ancestors performed the Hiranyagarbha ceremony to elevate them to the rank of Samantan Nairs. They eventually became the kings of Calicut, beginning around 1124 AD. [46] Kiryathil Nair Hiranyagarbha ritual Samantan Nairs The Zamorin (Kings of Calicut, circa. 1124 AD)
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