We
are in Kerala - God's own country - the
land that the sixth incarnation of Lord
Vishnu, Parshuram, is said to have axed
out of the sea.
The
people too can trace their lineage back
to over 5000 years ago to the Austrics,
ancestors to the Aborigines of Australia,
and the Negrito, tribal hunters who lived
in harmony with nature, living off the land
that gave them everything.
Then
came the Dravidians, the Arabs and the Jews,
followed by the Dutch, Portuguese Spanish
and the British - each community weaving
its own beliefs and culture into the tapestry
of the land.
The
Kerala of today is a fusion of the lives
of these people, lived out amongst its hills
and its beaches, taking on the colour of
the sea - eternally changing, yet never
the same.
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