Artistes are left in a quandary after the Thrissur City Corporation decided to cancel pulikali, after making troupes register for Onam event.
The Pulikkali performance in Thrissur takes place on the fourth Onam day and is a major highlight of the festival.
Kerala’s Pulikkali artistes – whose ‘tiger dance’ signifies the culmination of Onam festivities – are now feeling the aftershocks of the landslides that hit Wayanad. The tragedy has hit them with the Kerala government calling off official Onam celebrations. All the Pulikkali teams have already spent lakhs of rupees preparing for the event and their livelihood depends on festivities being held.