Revival of Kalarippayattu

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Kalaripayattu
Indian Name
Malayalam  
കളരിപ്പയറ്റ
 
Devanagari  
कळरिप्पयट्
 
Details
Origin Kerala, South India
Styles Northern, Southern and Central

Kalarippayatt (Malayalam: കളരിപ്പയറ്റ്) is an Indian martial art practised in Kerala and contiguous parts of neighboring Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.[1] It incorporates strikes, kicks, grappling, and weaponry, as well as healing techniques.[2] Some of its choreographed sparring can be applied to dance.[3]

Kalarippayatt underwent a period of decline after the introduction of firearms and especially after the full establishment of British colonial rule in the 19th century.[4] The resurgence of public interest in Kalarippayatt began in the 1920s in Tellicherry as part of a wave of rediscovery of the traditional arts throughout South India and continued through the 1970s surge of general worldwide interest in martial arts.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Zarrilli, Phillip B. (1998). When the Body Becomes All Eyes: Paradigms, Discourses and Practices of Power in Kalarippayattu, a South Indian Martial Art. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 
  2. ^ Zarrilli 1998
  3. ^ Zarrilli 1998
  4. ^ Luijendijk, D.H. (2005) Kalarippayat: India's Ancient Martial Art, Paladin Press


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