Vallam Kali
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Vallam Kali (or Vallamkali) (വല്ലമ്കലി) literally means boat game (race) in Malayalam.
It is the traditional boat (canoe) race in Kerala (a state in south India).
It is mainly conducted during the season of the harvest festival Onam in Autumn. Vallam Kali include races of many kinds of traditional boats ( canoes ) of Kerala. The race of Chundan Vallam (snake boat) is the major event. Hence Vallam Kali is also known in English as Snake Boat Race and now in recent years has become a major tourist attraction. Other types of boats which do participate in various events in the race are Churulan Vallam, Iruttukuthy Vallam, Odi Vallam, Veppu Vallam (Vaipu Vallam), Vadakkanody Vallam, [[Kochu Vallam.
[edit] The most renowned of these races
- Nehru Trophy Boat Race
- Champakulam Moolam Boat Race
- Aranmula Uthrattadi Vallamkali
- Payippad Jalotsavam, The Oldest Snake boat race.
- Kumarakom Boat Race
- Indira Gandhi Boat Race, at Ernakulam lake.
[edit] Other boat races in Kerala
- ATDC Boat Race, Alappuzha.
- Rajiv Gandhi Boat Race, Pulinkunnu
- Neerettupuram Pampa Boat Race
- Karuvatta Boat Race
- Kavanattinkara Boat Race
- Kumarakom Arpookara Vanitha Jalamela
- Mahatma Boat Race, Mannar
- Thazhathangadi Boat Race, Kottayam
- Kottapuram Boat Race
- Kodungallur and Kumaranasan Smaraka Jalotsavam, Pallana.
- Kallada Boat Race, Kollam
