Crafting India’s 120-Foot-Long Snake Boats
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4 жыл бұрынFour hundred years ago, the snake boats of India were warships, used by battling kings along the backwaters of Kerala. Today, the long, canoe-like boats are used exclusively for racing. Reaching up to 120 feet in length, each snake boat can accommodate 100 rowers. In the town of Aranmula, snake boat racing takes on a special significance. The boats are known as Palliyodam and represent the snake upon which Lord Vishnu-the god of protection and preservation-rests. Creating these ornate works involves an intricate process. Master craftsman Santhosh Achari invites us into his workshop to see why it takes nine months-and a keen sense of rhythm-to handcraft one snake boat.
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@muhammadabdulnasir3538 4 жыл бұрын
Did anyone see a great big story ad
@digvipaul5469 4 жыл бұрын
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Me🙋
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Me
@Micheal31046 4 жыл бұрын
Yes
@-cinnamonsgachaworld4466 4 жыл бұрын
Same
@ruthiemay4799 4 жыл бұрын
Incredibly beautiful. Amazing workmanship. He has every right to be proud. 😊😊😊
@timepickle8443 4 жыл бұрын
No wonder Keralites of all communities are extremely proud of their state. Much love from a Mumbaikar 😘
@ancicmathews9432 4 жыл бұрын
It’s strange when you see a documentary and then boom , you understand what they’re saying xD
@pappanalab 2 жыл бұрын
lol yeah it's kinda disorienting
@jaimedelgado7529 4 жыл бұрын
This channel is insane. You guys go to the 4 corners of our planet to bring us great stories and content from all cultures. Lucky to have found u.
@sangeethav4674 4 жыл бұрын
Kerala is not in the corner of rge world, its in India, aah forget it, most Indians cant even find it in the map even if its written
@jaimedelgado7529 4 жыл бұрын
@@sangeethav4674 OH its in INDIA is it? Id have never guessed since they didnt say it in the clip, these ppl don't look Indian their language doesn't sound like something an Indian would speak. I cant believe I called some remote fucking place half a word away from me that even their own country men cant find on a map "a corner of the globe". No. Hell NO. that shit is the center of the universe. All roads lead to it.
@kiranp5611 4 жыл бұрын
@@jaimedelgado7529 we have 28 states and each have a different language/dialect. The diversity is huge
@kiranp5611 4 жыл бұрын
@@sangeethav4674 yeah just like you can find Chattisgarh/Manipur in India map
@anupamtiwari5587 2 жыл бұрын
@@sangeethav4674 Most people ik can find Kerala of all places. It literally sits i such an easily recognisable part of the counry.
@themememen827 4 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite channel! They create unique videos that leave me in awe of the diversity of the world!
@michaleandmore5111 4 жыл бұрын
Imagine racing these for the Facebook Harvard boat race scene
@sidharths16 4 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: 0:46 The literal translation here for "Palli Oda"is not "snake boat", but a boat which was/is used by the God himself or people worshiped as deities (The King). A "snake boat" would be "Chundan Vallam".
@vigneshm4806 4 жыл бұрын
Wait. I used to think it meant lizard boat.
@manuelgunner1725 4 жыл бұрын
KERALA, GOD'S OWN COUNTRY !
@maxgorden499 4 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eN2adcRors2nn6s.html
@obye 4 жыл бұрын
kitsunae 1 Kerala is a secular state, people are free to practice whatever religion you want.
@hardrock342 4 жыл бұрын
@kitsunae 1 you are just applying burnol on how modi was unable to touch evms in kerala and how malyali put their own well being and nature ahead of cows and religion.
@hardrock342 4 жыл бұрын
@kitsunae 1 kerala is way more developed and literate than gujrat
@hardrock342 4 жыл бұрын
@kitsunae 1 not going to buy your propaganda
@panhaun6662 4 жыл бұрын
In Cambodia we have the longest dragon boat 87.3 meters long! It set for the world record!
@ayoobkhan7644 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for finding a great big story from my state.
@maitreya-themodernbuddha2210 4 жыл бұрын
Tightening the wooden pieces with rythms.. Means sounds with some perfect geometrical patterns...
@chrisjia7054 4 жыл бұрын
I got a great big story ad while watching a great big story video 😂
@anjanas4061 4 жыл бұрын
OMG ente keralam😍😍 So happy to see this on my fav Great big story😍😍😘
@melodiemurao4265 4 жыл бұрын
It so cool that they go in boats and sing with lots on people on it that’s so cool
@barthj21 4 жыл бұрын
They don't know how to swim. Should look up what happens when a boat sinks in India
@jaseem1518 4 жыл бұрын
@@barthj21 not these guys😎
@zravasyaaaryaman6767 4 жыл бұрын
@@barthj21 This is Kerala. You should look up its geography. Here almost everyone knows how to swim.
@SaltySalman 4 жыл бұрын
@@barthj21 tf u talking about
@mr.donaldduckblowstrumpet6053 4 жыл бұрын
@@barthj21 uhm? I'm a Malayalee and almost all Malayalees (natives of Kerala) know to swim as it has a lot of rivers and is surrounded by water.
@hatamonu 4 жыл бұрын
When you get a great big commercial on a great big video
@rakeshthulaseedharan 4 жыл бұрын
The Chundan Vallam holds the record for biggest water vessel used for sports purpose. These rowers produce 90 to 120 strokes per minute.
@govindaranmula2199 2 жыл бұрын
I'm aranmulakkaran And I'm proud of it🥰 Our snake boat is mallapuzhassery 💪💪
@epsospremium6088 4 жыл бұрын
Nice hobby that keeps their community together and social. We can be happy about that.
@vinujoephilip5274 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing shots....Color correction does total justice to the beautiful greenery in Kerala..
@venthegod7217 4 жыл бұрын
amazing teamwork!
@ashwinalexander8714 4 жыл бұрын
KIDDU..........thanks from Arnmulla !!!
@santhoshsaravanan8720 4 жыл бұрын
Nice to hear all languages in great big story
@kikiganteng2086 4 жыл бұрын
Why do I always get a great big story ad before watching a great big story video?
@somepath410 4 жыл бұрын
Traditions😍
@nidhindanielvarghese4537 4 жыл бұрын
Pwoli
@NYCrandomstuff 4 жыл бұрын
*God's Own Country* 🌴❤️🌴❤️🌴❤️🌴❤️🌴❤️🌴❤️🌴❤️🌴❤️🌴❤️🌴❤️🌴❤️🌴❤️🌴❤️🌴
@succhiatoredelcazzo4689 4 жыл бұрын
Lol no shut up
@NYCrandomstuff 4 жыл бұрын
@@succhiatoredelcazzo4689 You shut up!
@metaltriops5957 4 жыл бұрын
Ahh i remember when Great Big Story only has less a million subs
@Aazikka 4 жыл бұрын
Hi great video. I'm from Kerala ❤️❤️❤️. വേറെ മലയാളികൾ ഉണ്ടോ ഇവിടെ?
@jayjohnson7251 4 жыл бұрын
A Beautiful Tradition and Skilled Craft. /Bow 🏴💙🐾🐧😻
@jayjohnson7251 4 жыл бұрын
Many many thanks for the English captions. /Bow
@GegrildeKaasSouffle 4 жыл бұрын
So cool
@kaniel5900 4 жыл бұрын
You have to defeat this boss to become the greatest indian tutorial youtuber
@grapepear5695 4 жыл бұрын
Yo I got an add on big great story befor this video
@mattwojcik7517 4 жыл бұрын
I get great big story ads on On great big story
@davidkuriakose4797 4 жыл бұрын
kerala is great very great
@alexanderokello4352 4 жыл бұрын
838
@kaisonhere 4 жыл бұрын
🔥🔥🔥👍
@b.dh.j.sharma2789 4 жыл бұрын
incredible INDIA...
@ajithks3974 4 жыл бұрын
Incredible Kerala
@ayanaditya8252 4 жыл бұрын
@@ajithks3974 so Kerela is not in India ... I thought u people are the from literate state
@ajithks3974 4 жыл бұрын
@@ayanaditya8252 r u from India. So u know which are the states in India. If u know it u will know that Keralais I is in India
@ajithks3974 4 жыл бұрын
@@ElonHusky 😕 what do you really mean by that
@ajithks3974 4 жыл бұрын
@@ElonHusky ooh
@chronicbullets6751 4 жыл бұрын
I like how they build them.
@wakeup8654 4 жыл бұрын
A Proud keralite😍
@eatlocalhoney 4 жыл бұрын
2:36 cool selfie!!
@cocopen3415 4 жыл бұрын
Proud to be from God’s own country
@tommynorthwood 4 жыл бұрын
😂🤣 Said by every race ever.
@aneethasalim5814 4 жыл бұрын
I'm from kerala and this is an incredible sight. It is something us keralites look up to
@nikhilpunalur 4 жыл бұрын
@Great Big Story change the title to "Crafting kerala's 120-Foot-Long Snake Boats" not india's. its not all over india.
@adityakothiyal3 4 жыл бұрын
Compete in Rowing Olympics.We need you India need Rowing races from South India.Jai hind
@chandlerminh6230 4 жыл бұрын
They are not professionals. They have other jobs― like teachers, masonry workers etc. They only does this during the season.
@maitreya-themodernbuddha2210 4 жыл бұрын
They are far better than the today's modern world professionals because this people know how to use rythmic sound technologies to build the structures...
@TheInkSideofThings 4 жыл бұрын
I got a Great Big Story Ad on a Great Big Story video 😂😂 Edit : 2 of them
@advaidharidas 4 жыл бұрын
Do a video about kalari the ancient art
@mattrickjoaquind.lagman2210 4 жыл бұрын
Bruh i got a 'Great big story" ad while watching this.
@joyal876 4 жыл бұрын
Kerala is unique unlike the rest of India. Most beautiful and literate state of India.
@ayanaditya8252 4 жыл бұрын
U have shown Ur literacy .... I too come from Tripura 2nd most literate state but don't boast about it ... We in Tripura always says we are proud to be Indian. What's the use of knowledge if u have hate inside you.
@ayanaditya8252 4 жыл бұрын
@@ElonHusky we are Indians first .... Think like that ... ... Thinking like malayalis Bengali's create divide... And hating others will too create divide. We can be anyone but we should proudly acknowledge we are Indians. After that we can be anyone. Many people hate others because the divide in the name of religion ... Same way we should not divide other in name of caste creed region. Happy to be Indian ... Happy to be born in India. I have one identity indian.
@ayanaditya8252 4 жыл бұрын
@@ElonHusky USA is also union of states ... But they don't say they are black white etc they just say American.
@joyal876 4 жыл бұрын
@@ayanaditya8252 you must be living in fools world. We proud of being keralites. Noone can stop us from that. If you dint feel proud then it is not our fault.
@ankitmaan4469 4 жыл бұрын
@@ayanaditya8252 hey bro, chill bro, he is proud being keralite , what is wrong in that. Maratha are proud of being marathi, punjabi being proud of being pubjabi. He didn't said anything against India. I know he is a proud indian too.
@ajithks3974 4 жыл бұрын
Great Kerala V r ഗ്രാമവാസീസ് ലൈക്കടി 😎
@viewofT 4 жыл бұрын
Kerala rocks
@thehungertv9762 4 жыл бұрын
Kerala, ✔️👌
@jonny8060 4 жыл бұрын
I got a Great Big Story add before this video
@gowrinanda8376 3 жыл бұрын
My Kerala 💪💪
@aswin1361 4 жыл бұрын
#kerala #proud to be a citizen of kerala
@SK_6770 Жыл бұрын
Allah's own country ❤️👍
@merlincs8158 Жыл бұрын
👍🥳
@gamerjoe4935 4 жыл бұрын
Kerala everywhere
@rptechlulugharafa4656 4 жыл бұрын
i am proud to be a Keralite....give like....
@tehydro315 14 күн бұрын
Reminds me of the Maori war canoes except the only use natural materials.
@JoysFarming 4 жыл бұрын
From Kerala
@arvindtodkari6985 4 жыл бұрын
You should've included those intense races
@nowpresent2167 4 жыл бұрын
Here is a glimpse - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nJmWa7J_rJudaH0.html
@infpsych 2 жыл бұрын
This is unique to the rest of India. You have to travel to East Asia for Dragon 🐉 boat festival. Seriously beginning to wonder if there is some back and forth trade/influence between the two
@nikhilchaubey7 Жыл бұрын
Search Greater India or Indosphere. It's very interesting and proud history for us because we didn't conquer lands like colonial west but spread message of peace & non violence. All these countries respect India even though India currently lags behind in terms of development.
@arjunraj823 Жыл бұрын
Kerala has trading relations with China in the ancient past. The city of Kochi still has Chinese fishing nets. Kochi means Ko Chin (little China).
@kzal421 Жыл бұрын
Ofcourse through trade. Kerala especially the parts described in video was the hub of trade of world even 2000 years back.
@thunder6889 4 жыл бұрын
I am from Kerala
@sumirefry 4 жыл бұрын
Santhosh Achari do Anyone know what Language he was talking It’s Malayalam I know how to Speak Malayalam
@rathul6503 4 жыл бұрын
മലയാളി 💜
@mohdfadil007 4 жыл бұрын
Anybody else from kerala!🙌
@himanginaik2682 4 жыл бұрын
Y the ear splitting background????
@wespinninitg2343 4 жыл бұрын
2:28
@Midhun2401 4 жыл бұрын
മലയാളിസ്👍😍😍
@sree9555 4 жыл бұрын
Aaarppoo irrrroooo
@TheKalikalam 4 жыл бұрын
OMG this is from our region.... 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
@maxgorden499 4 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eN2adcRors2nn6s.html
@sree9555 4 жыл бұрын
Aranmula valla sadya kazhichavarkk like adikkanulla post
@rd3268 4 жыл бұрын
First gang
@catrosity1246 4 жыл бұрын
What's the point in placing an ad before the video ?
@jpa18 4 жыл бұрын
Nobody: Me reading Great Big story title: #Snake - “Damn this gonna be good!” #Boat - “.... what?” #Genesis - “WTF?!!”
@amen6127 4 жыл бұрын
Keralaians hit like മലയാളികൾ ലൈക് അടി . . . Oooh my god 😮 First time getting these many likes
@nowpresent2167 4 жыл бұрын
Also mallus 😍
@maxgorden499 4 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eN2adcRors2nn6s.html
@yogeshkmrful 4 жыл бұрын
Keralites *
@obye 4 жыл бұрын
Crazy For Art I’m a mallu in New York lmao
@anitaa5514 4 жыл бұрын
Ew
@odaadu-4463 4 жыл бұрын
📷🎁🎍🎁🎍🎁🎍🎁🎍🎁🎍🎁🎍🎁📷 ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ಕೂಡ ದೀಪಾವಳಿ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು 🌋🎇🌟🎆🎇🌟🎆🎇🌟🎆🎇🌟🎆🎇🌋
@k.h5971 4 жыл бұрын
🙏
@soorajvijayan2119 4 жыл бұрын
It's my village, Aranmula, the crown of world culture. 🥰
@rohitsajeev 4 жыл бұрын
Everyone's talking about getting great big story ad While me chillin with youtube premium 😎😎
@YouLookLikeAMfUhhhhh 4 жыл бұрын
The music in the last minute of the video got so creepy wtf😂
@asifmuhammedn4059 4 жыл бұрын
Traditional song
@asifmuhammedn4059 4 жыл бұрын
@@abe4520 തന്നെ
@kishorrajkr 4 жыл бұрын
Poda poori mone.
@kishorrajkr 4 жыл бұрын
Poda thayoli.
@abe4520 4 жыл бұрын
Kishor Raj sorry cheta
@robinvncnt 4 жыл бұрын
ഗ്രേറ്റ് ബിഗ് സ്റ്റോറി കാണുന്ന മലയാളികൾ ലൈക് അടി... 😅😅
@planetaryuchiha1597 4 жыл бұрын
Kerala da..
@stupid6333 4 жыл бұрын
it like cambodia too
@mackylopez1194 4 жыл бұрын
Why are they taking such shallow strokes? Imagine how much faster they could go if they improved their paddling technique
@dinil5566 4 жыл бұрын
You haven't seen the race. KZfaq the boat race. This is just a test drive. When they do the real race, they stroke like crazy
@giandra595 4 жыл бұрын
2:28 NIGA
@hsingjenlau 4 жыл бұрын
I know you can fit ten times more..
@cataclysmal5315 4 жыл бұрын
650 Years old, not just 400.
@dayanhtran9907 4 жыл бұрын
I think the boats are too complex.
@wasimodoone1 4 жыл бұрын
"river snakes" you mean eels right?
@anushrees4981 4 жыл бұрын
No they mean snakes 😂
@theimmortalemperor3605 4 жыл бұрын
Anushree Sarkar are you indian
@kutter_ttl6786 4 жыл бұрын
Water snakes are actual snakes while eels are fish.
@anushrees4981 4 жыл бұрын
@@kutter_ttl6786 i know
@anushrees4981 4 жыл бұрын
@@theimmortalemperor3605 yes, but i have different cultural background
@i_luv_snickasmohn5668 4 жыл бұрын
I got an ad of great big story when i clicked on this video😑 wtf???
@sarasmith1498 4 жыл бұрын
It sounds like, from the video, that they rebuild the boats every year. I wonder if that is true? If so, why not just reuse the old boats from previous years?
@MJ-iu7gm 4 жыл бұрын
I think they just keep adding more boats and not rebuild. Because more and more teams keep getting added every year. But that being said, am not 100% sure although am from Kerala myself.
@Vignesh-hl4bd 4 жыл бұрын
Yup they rebuild it!!
@GegrildeKaasSouffle 4 жыл бұрын
5
@scimaniac 4 жыл бұрын
Is the boat called “snake boat” in the native language?
@jhsr4827 4 жыл бұрын
Comion probably called Chundan Vallam in the local language
@febbyjacob460 4 жыл бұрын
These are not chundanvallams these are palliyodam from Aranmula
@jhsr4827 4 жыл бұрын
@@febbyjacob460 What's the difference between the two? They are both from the Kerala region right?
@MJ-iu7gm 4 жыл бұрын
@@jhsr4827 chundan vallam is used more for the snake boat competition and they are the ones called snake boats. While palliodam which literally translates to "the royal boat" or "the Divine boat" is used for traditional rituals like the 'aranmula valla sadya' where contemporary families from the liniage of the royal family bring food from their homes upstream and serve it to the people near a temple downstream. This is a tradition that has been going on for years and each family owns a palliodam with the family name in which they bring the food, all the while singing folk songs.
@benhursudheer5799 3 жыл бұрын
Chundan vallam
@thetycoon1947 4 жыл бұрын
മലയാളി ഡാ...
@duddedudde836 4 жыл бұрын
Recommend to @ourstupidreactions
@maitreya-themodernbuddha2210 4 жыл бұрын
Kerala people were the ones who moved to Egypt and created the Egyptian civilization thousands years ago and used their sound technologies to build the massive structures there.. This state was the core center of all ancient civilizations.. Even the Albinos were also moved to the northern part of the world only from this part of India only...
@timepickle8443 4 жыл бұрын
Even Keralites will laugh at this ridiculous comment. Because Keralites have real achievements to be proud of. They don't make up nonsense like cowbelters.
@Shrike6699 Жыл бұрын
Nope , Keralites actually migrated to Greece, invented Greek and wrote Illiad. But, they missed coconut oil terribly. Hence a Greco Keralite named Alexander set out to secure stable coconut supplies and on the way conquered central Asia and invaded India. Imagine chapters of history written due to coconut craving of Keralites.
@francomartinez6168 4 жыл бұрын
DI INDONESIA JUGA ADA,COBA CARI PACU JALUR DI RIAU
@sanjosan4181 4 жыл бұрын
മലയാളികൾ വായോ....
@In_Can 4 жыл бұрын
മലയാളീസ്...........
@migipadamattummal2844 3 жыл бұрын
Aranmula not a race ,race means Alappuzha Nehru trophy.
@urlocalcultleader3385 3 жыл бұрын
its always kerala
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