It seems that the prognosis of rains with occasional heavy magic cast shadow into a cultural procession, which is to be in connection with the culmination of Onam Week celebrations in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday (September 8, 2025). The celebrations of Onam Week led by the Ministry of Tourism will end on Tuesday, while the cultural procession was marked with Governor Rajendra Alelekar at 4 pm.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellow warning of the district, warned of heavy rains in the range of 64.5 mm to 115.5 mm per 24 hours on Tuesday (September 8, 2025). Meanwhile, complicated measures were taken at the climax of Onam Week celebration. The arrival of the cultural parade will be declared 51 artists with an orchestra of various musical instruments, including the blowing of the shells.
The procession, which will start from the Vellayambballam and will end in the Eastern Fortress, will present cultural art forms performed by more than a thousand artists and 59 floats. From various departments, it captures the development activities of the state government of about 60 floats. The main peaks of the procession are up to 91 art forms, including visual and sound of art forms and the Army band orchestra.
On the basis of “Unity in Diversity”, rural forms from Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Tamil will be listed in the parade. Artistic forms such as Pookavadi, Onapottan, Singari Melam, Chendamelam, African Band, Kiwi Dance and Dragon Theyyam, etc. will also be present in the procession. Float topics will be based on Keral’s heritage, cinema, literature, strengthening women’s position, health habits, science and technology and safety.
The floats were selected on the basis of seasonal importance and the floats were ready to follow the green protocol. Artistic forms will be presented before the VVIP pavilions organized in front of the public library, University College and on a special scene near the museum gate. It is estimated that the procession will take about one and a half hours to exceed the point. A special pavilion will be prepared near the VVIP pavilion to see the procession.
Published – September 2025 17:35
