Revival of Kalarippayattu
- Revival of Kalarippayattu
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Kalarippayatt ( _ml. കളരിപ്പയറ്റ്) is an Indian martial art practised in Kerala and contiguous parts of neighboring Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.[cite book |last=Zarrilli |first=Phillip B. |title=When the Body Becomes All Eyes: Paradigms, Discourses and Practices of Power in Kalarippayattu, a South Indian Martial Art |year=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford] It incorporates strikes, kicks, grappling, and weaponry, as well as healing techniques.]Kalarippayatt underwent a period of decline after the introduction of firearms and especially after the full establishment of British colonial rule in the 19th century. [Luijendijk, D.H. (2005) Kalarippayat: India's Ancient Martial Art, Paladin Press] The resurgence of public interest in Kalarippayatt began in the 1920s in Tellicherry as part of a wave of rediscovery of the traditional arts throughout South India and continued through the 1970s surge of general worldwide interest in martial arts.
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