B&W - Kalaripayattu keralan martial art - Punarjani Traditional Village, Munnar, Kerala. India [EXPLORE 16/08/2014]

Kalaripayattu is an Indian martial art. One of the oldest fighting systems in existence, it is now practiced in Kerala, in contiguous parts of Tamil Nadu and among the Malayali community of Malaysia. It was originally practiced in northern and central parts of Kerala and the Tulunadu region of Karnataka.

 

Kalaripayattu includes strikes, kicks, grappling, preset forms, weaponry and healing methods. Regional variants are classified according to geographical position in Kerala; these are the Northern style from Malabar region in north Kerala, the Central style from inner Kerala and the southern style from Travancore region of south Kerala.

 

Due combattenti di kalaripayattu. Punarjani Traditional Village, Munnar, Kerala. India. Foto pubblicata sul National geographic magazine Italia di luglio.

www.nationalgeographic.it/wallpaper/2012/06/19/foto/la_mi...

 

B&W version of an old photo: www.flickr.com/photos/mauandsa/6949289803/

 

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