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FLYING TOGETHER<br />
3: JOYS OF GHANA COL<br />
ARANMULA SNAKE BOAT RACE IN ONAM<br />
Aranmula boat race is celebrated on the last day of the 7-day long Onam festival. The Aranmula<br />
boat race of Kerala is held as part of the festival of Onam and of the Sri Parthasarathy temple.<br />
The snake boats are usually 100 feet long, that have a tapering end, which stands up like a<br />
scorpion's tail. There are usually around 100 oarsmen, 20 singers and 4 helmsmen on a single<br />
boat. The objective of the race is not winning a trophy. The boats have keep up with each other's<br />
speed and try to reach the finish line simultaneously. This promotes healthy attitude among<br />
people and everyone enjoys while cheering and watching the boatmen trying to keep up with<br />
each other.<br />
Since the whole wider family was together this time, we hired a passenger boat and moved<br />
around the race boats for closer look. I had actually bought a 3mm movies camera with me and<br />
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