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Socio-cultural Processes and Livelihood Patterns at Tirurangadi - CDS

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Vallikkunnu<br />

Service co-oper<strong>at</strong>ive<br />

bank<br />

Ariyallur service cooper<strong>at</strong>ive<br />

bank<br />

Thiruthi<br />

aikyananaya<br />

sahakaranasangham<br />

Source: Offices of various Panchay<strong>at</strong>s<br />

Artistic Traditions<br />

readymade<br />

industrial cooper<strong>at</strong>ive<br />

Motor transport<br />

co-oper<strong>at</strong>ive<br />

Weaver’s cooper<strong>at</strong>ive<br />

Vallikkunnu<br />

coir industrial<br />

co-oper<strong>at</strong>ive<br />

Kizhayil coir<br />

co-oper<strong>at</strong>ive<br />

Kadalundi<br />

nagaram coir<br />

co-oper<strong>at</strong>ive<br />

Kodakkad oil<br />

pressing cooper<strong>at</strong>ive<br />

Tile workers<br />

co-oper<strong>at</strong>ive<br />

Walking took us to a number of individuals <strong>and</strong> groups with cre<strong>at</strong>ive talents. We have<br />

already noted the number of clubs found mostly in mini-market centers. There were<br />

several others working in rented buildings or even th<strong>at</strong>ched sheds who were conducting<br />

<strong>cultural</strong> activities on their own. In Nannambra we met experts of the parisamuttukali, an<br />

art form now becoming extinct. There is a place in Nannambra called pakitakalikkunnu,<br />

which was famous for the traditional form dicing called pakitakali. Several persons who<br />

live there are experts in pakitakali. C.K.Nagar in <strong>Tirurangadi</strong> is a centre of the old<br />

practice of vaypp<strong>at</strong>tu sung along with marriage. C.K Nagar is a place for male singers<br />

while kodinji is a place for female singers. However, the female singers in Kodinji are <strong>at</strong><br />

present too old or have expired. The younger gener<strong>at</strong>ion is not taking to traditional<br />

vaypp<strong>at</strong>tu in a big way. Kolkkali, the martial dance form among the Mappilas is also<br />

suffering the same f<strong>at</strong>e. <strong>Tirurangadi</strong> was a centre of this art form, <strong>and</strong> there professional

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