Today we visited the Kerala Kalamandalam School of Performing Arts. It is located in Cheruthruruthy Village about a 2 1/2 hour drive form our hotel.
This school was founded in 1930 to help preserve cultural performing arts. It was a fascinating place & we had a personalized tour. There were 3 of us on the tour – Catherine, myself & a woman from Montreal. A small world indeed!
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On the way back from the boat-building site Ashraf picked up a couple of fresh coconuts for us. A real treat for sure–but I found out that his vehicle was not equipped with coffee cup holders big enough to handle a coconut.
In this photo the carpenters are installing vertical wood paneling in front of the lapped hull boards. Lots of headroom in this vessel & note the size of the ceiling beams!
One of the senior carpenters told me that it would take about 12 months to build this boat.
I took this photo on the upper deck where one of the carpenters was fitting deck planking in place.
The workers are installing the base for the rudder. This boat is about 100 feet long. It is being built for a customer in Qatar.