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Cultural Archive

Craft

The Nettoor Petti maker | Documentary

VV Suresh Kumar, a skilled artisan from Kerala, is a master craftsman renowned for his expertise in creating traditional craft boxes like...

Folklore

The story of a sorcerer | Documentary on a Malaya Manthravadi

Rajan Panikker is a Sorcerer (Mandrikan) from Kozhikode (Kerala). In this video by Team Arpo, he explains the story of the Malaya...

Literature

50 years of Oru Desathinte Katha |Docu Series

Oru Desathinte Katha (ഒരു ദേശത്തിന്റെ കഥ) by S.K Pottekkatt is the novel which brought the second Jnanpith Award to Kerala. One whose...