🔥Honoring and sharing the power of Chenda temple music centered around Chenda drumming reposted from @chenda_kada 🔥When I first went to Kerala in 2002 to film Yoga Shakti, we experienced a three-hour continuous Chenda Melman inside the temple courtyard. Having experienced ritual drumming cycles around the world from east-west-north and South Africa, I was elated to feel the pulse inside the temple festival and the power of the ascending and descending collective joy as the Bhaktas usually with

The rhythm of the chenda is the rhythm of Kerala. It resounds through the air during festivals, rituals and celebrations. Here we see how one of Kerala’s pre-eminent chenda percussionists Padma Shri Mattannoor Sankarankutty has dedicated his life and music to promote and keep alive the tradition of this ancient instrument. #Thalavattom #KeralaTales #Music #Percussion #KeralaTourism | Kerala Tourism