India News | Traditional Snake Boat Race Held This Year with 3 Boats, Due to COVID-19 Curbs
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Kerala's famed annual traditional Aranmula Uthrattathi Boat Race was held on Wednesday, with just three snake-boats, due to the prevalent COVID-19 situation in the state.
Aranmula (Kerala) [India], August 25 (ANI): Kerala's famed annual traditional Aranmula Uthrattathi Boat Race was held on Wednesday, with just three snake-boats, due to the prevalent COVID-19 situation in the state.
The Aranmula Boat Race is one of the oldest riverboat festival in Kerala held annually during Onam.
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This time due to COVID-19 it was a low key symbolic affair with three palliyodams (snakeboats), filled with a total of 120 people, racing across the Pampa river.
Accompanied by the singing of folk songs and percussion beats, each boat was permitted only 40 persons on board.
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Before the Covid pandemic, every year the ritualistic race used to witness over 50 boats participated and draw huge crowds, including tourists. (ANI)
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