Making of a Snake Boat( don't miss this) by greensleeves81
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Its a beginning of a history! (zoom)
It is a dream come true for the village people of Kumarakam , a piece of land strange to you but well known to many migrating birds, migrating birds as far as from Siberia ( Russia). For the first time, the people of Kumarakam can be proud of their own a Chundan Vallam( Snake Boat). Kumarakam belongs to Kottayam district, on the eastern banks of the Vembanad Lake. Alleppey is on the western bank.
For me it was a feast for my eyes. This is the only place in India you can find these boats. And there are only 16 of them, two are on construction. Most of them belong to Alleppey. One is said to be deteriorated. The oldest one is 110 years old. ( today I went there). Now you know how rare is it to see a Snake boat being constructed. Its a beginning of history in front of your eyes.
Snaps were taken on Monday of this week. I have some video clippings which is very interesting to see. My idea is to upload it to Adrive, a site which offers file sharing. If any of you are interested to see it, just mention it on the comment box, I shall send you the link. If you know any other idea please tell me. I shall try to put it on youtube.
Name Ellykulam Chundan
Owner- Saju Jaboy
( Middle photo. Perhaps, he is the first person in the world to own a Snake Boat. Other boats are either owned by a Church or Temple or by shareholders. It costs at least Rs25 lakhs)
Chief- Carpenter( Asari) - Uma Maheshwaran
(His two sons Rajesh, Dileep, brother Sabu is also working here. His father holds the record for contructing highest No:of Snake boats- Nine boats)
Length- 127 feet approx
Wood used Anjali
Metals used- Iron, copper, bronze.
Team- Kumarakam Boat Club
No: of oarsmen- 95 ( total members 111)
Proposed to be launched on first week of July.
( There is one more under construction which is in the beginning stage. Stay tuned)
Comments (18)
flora-crassella
very interesting photos!!!! Fantastic!!!!!
sandra46
Excellent reportage! fantastic collage!I'm very interested in seeing the videos too!Since I'm opening an anthropological website next autumn, why don't you write a story of the snake boats and a visual commentary for me?
tennesseecowgirl
Very nice work.
Amosicho
Fantastic photos :-)
BessieB
Pleased to see you back Ben, a lovely collage you have presented us with today, great reportage too, really interesting! Thanks for sharing
durleybeachbum
Fantastic to see this!! thankyou!
lyron
Fantastic shots. Great work!!!
Hendesse
Fantastic collage of interesting shots. Thanks for sharing.
Sea_Dog
Fascinating collage. Great work.
lior
Excellent collage: so stunning images!
orig_buggy
I've never seen a boat quite as this!!!!
amota99517
These are such great shots! How luck for you to have captured these.
flavia49
wonderful series and reportage!!! excellent!!
GBCalls
Very nice collection of photos. Well documented.
lucindawind
fantastic collage ! vry interesting art indeed !
petercp
A most interesting collage of photographs that I have seen, thankyou for sharing this extraordinary Snake boat with us, and I found your explanation quite intriguing!
danapommet
Awesome collage and the history that you have presented. I'm in for seeing the videos. Dana
beatoangelico
Fantastic shots and great work...!!!