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Chennu Nalike is an ancient traditional folk art form practised by Tulu people from the region of Tulu Nadu, [1] India. This performing after the harvesting, in the month of suggi, is one of the month in Tulu calendar. It normally comes in the months of February and March.
Mera (also known as Moger in Tulu and Mogera in Kannada), is a community of Tulu Nadu, India, an indigenous people mainly spread in the areas of modern Kasaragod District of Kerala and Mangalore, Udupi, Coorg Districts of Karnataka. They follow a matriarchal family system called as "Bari". The Language spoken by Meras is Tulu.
This kind of dance called nalike, performed by Mera [2] community. It starts with Suggi Punnam and lasts for three to nine days as per head of community decided on there meeting.
Cennu cennugale cennu cennu cennugale
cennuna daṭṭigeḍ cennu binner baider
binnērērgale cennu binnērērgale
appelam'mela detti appelam'mēla..
Ō lam'mana pudar pan cennu apena pudar pan..
Ō lam'mana pudaryē detti kōṭeda babbund..
Ō appe pudaryē detti povambalakkambale..
Ō lēlēle cennu lēlēle... [3]
It has two characters that are Chennu and Koraga. Chennu has dress of woman with Sampige flower on head. It is performed in night. Men and women help in background music. They sing Paddanas.
There is a belief that when Chennu Kunitha is going home to home in the month of suggi at night time, a kind of folk ritual done by Gowda community of Belthangady and Sullia called Siddavesa which should not come in front. If they come face-to-face clash will arise.
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Tulu Nadu or Tulunad is a region and a proposed state on the southwestern coast of India. The Tulu people, known as 'Tuluva', speakers of Tulu, a Dravidian language, are the preponderant ethnic group of this region. South Canara, an erstwhile district and a historical area, encompassing the undivided territory of the contemporary Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts of Karnataka State and Kasaragod district of Kerala state forms the cultural area of the Tuluver.
Arebhashe or Aregannada or Gowda Kannada is a dialect of Kannada mainly by Gowda communities in the region Madikeri, Somwarpet, and Kushalnagar taluks of Kodagu district, Sullia, taluks of Dakshina Kannada district; Bangalore and Mysore districts in the Indian state of Karnataka. As well as Bandadka, Kasaragod District in the Indian state of Kerala, Arebhashe is also called Gowda Kannada. The language was recognized by the Karnataka State government and formed an academy in 2011 to preserve the culture and literature of the Arebhahse Region which is named as Karnataka Arebhashe Samskruthi mathu Sahitya Academy supported by then Chief Minister D. V. Sadananda Gowda.
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