Onam celebrations around the world - in pictures
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An Indian Theyyam artist with his face painted waits to perform during the Kummattikali as part of the annual Onam festival celebrations in Thrissur district of Kerala in South India. AFP -
A Theyyam artist performs during the Kummattikali. AFP -
An artisan prepares face masks resembling various Hindu deities for the Kummattikali, a form of colourful mask dance performed as a part of Onam celebrations in Kerala. AFP -
Performers painted as tigers take part in the Pulikkali or tiger dance, in Thrissur. AFP -
Students celebrate the Onam festival at a college campus in Chennai, wearing the traditional cream and gold saris. AFP -
One of the highlights of the festival for many is the Onam sadya or feast. Vegetarian food is often served en masse in the community, in restaurants or at homes, and is always presented on a banana leaf. Photo: Address Dubai Marina -
An Onam sadya feast is served, with mixed vegetables in yoghurt, snake gourd, ash gourd with coconut milk, sweet ripe mango curry, banana and rice chips and other traditional dishes, at a home in Dubai. Jeff Topping / The National -
Artists perform a dance during the Onam festival in Thrissur, Kerala. AFP -
Dancers in body paint wait to take part in a performance. Reuters -
Volunteers prepare food to serve hundreds of people during Onam at the Kerala Social Centre in Abu Dhabi. Andrew Henderson / The National -
An Onam feast at the Kerala Social Centre in Abu Dhabi, which hosted more than 2,000 people for a three-course meal. Andrew Henderson / The National -
Artists perform a traditional dance during the start of the Onam festival in Cochin, Kerala. AP -
A dancer painted to look like a tiger wears a mask backstage before performing during festivities marking the end of Onam. Reuters -
An Indian folk artist dressed as the Hindu god Muruga waits to perform during Kummattikali, as a part of Onam. AP -
A mahout tightens a rope as he drapes a caparison on to an elephant's head, during Onam in Kerala. Reuters -
A mahout sits between elephants participating in Onam festivities, on the outskirts of Kochi. AP -
Devotees pray on the occasion of Onam at Astik Samaj Temple, Matunga in Mumbai, India. Getty -
A floral pookkalam made on the occasion of Onam at Panvel Railway Station in Mumbai. Getty -
A woman puts the finishing touches to a flower pookkalam at Panvel Railway Station in Navi Mumbai. Getty -
Women in traditional Kerala saris take a selfie in front of a pookkalam made during Onam, at CST station in Mumbai, India. Getty -
Percussion artists playing the thavil, a traditional drum, walk ahead of a caparisoned elephant carrying an idol of a deity during Onam, at the Vamana Hindu temple in Kochi, Kerala. AP -
A jockey races a pair of bulls on paddy fields during the annual Kalapoottu bull-running festival, on the occasion of Onam, in the village of Vengannur near Palakkad in Kerala. AFP -
Girls in traditional attire dance as their mother shoots a video to mark Onam, outside a Hindu temple in Kochi, Kerala. AP -
A flower vendor awaits customers at a temporary stall during Onam festivities in Kochi, Kerala. AP
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