A nine-day workshop has begun at the A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Tribal Residential School in Attappady to revive Ramar Koothu, an indigenous dance-drama that was once widely performed in the tribal villages of Palakkad but is on the verge of extinction now. Ramar Koothu, a ritualistic art of the Irula community, has been gradually fading due to the declining number of …
