Event Date
Venue
Swaraj Round in Thrissur district.
Pulikali is a popular folk art performed during the Onam season. In Pulikali a group of performers paint their whole body in the likeness of tigers and wear tiger mask. They prance about, dance and move like tigers. A hunter and a drummer accompany the tigers and create an atmosphere of mock hunting. The theme of the play is tiger hunting. The Swaraj Round in Thrissur district is the venue of a grand Pulikali on the fourth Onam day. On this day Pulikali troups from different parts of the district come here to perform.
Getting there
Nearest railway station: Thrissur, roughly a kilometre away.
Nearest airport: Cochin International Airport, about 58 km away.