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Chenda, a large cylindrical percussion instrument traditionally used in the south Indian state of Kerala, alongside 26 male chenda and cymbal players. Chenda is mainly played by men in temple festivals and as an accompaniment for traditional dance forms such as Kathakali as well as in community gatherings and celebrations like Onam festivals.

This enthralling art from the state of Kerala in India is famous worldwide today.

Because it is not limited by caste, religion, race, colour or politics. Everyone can enjoy and love this art equally and anyone can learn it easily. This art's popularity has been growing rapidly.

On this website, you can see the performance of one of the most famous teams in Kerala, 'Ponnan's Blue Magic Team' and all the photos and videos of our artists. This website will help you to book programs according to your needs and find out more about us.

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Ponnan's Blue Magic,
School of Percussion, Kerala, India.
Contact #: +91 8086 10 10 28/+91 9844 60 31 35

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"As if an offbeat reply to Kerala’s elitist ensembles emerges Shinkari Melam that has a history of mere four decades. The free-spirted drums-with-cymbals con­cert gained contours in Ernakulam district’s Paravur coast in the 1970s, when a drummer from the forward Marar caste taught local fishermen a few chenda lessons. The flame that Kavil Vijayan passed to the subaltern is gaining fresh life with the passage of every festival season across Kerala.

The fisher-folk, who anyway played the thappu, now slung the chenda down the shoulder and reproduced much of the patterns they otherwise wove with the hand-held drum. This caught the fantasy of goldsmiths who visited Paravur from neighbouring Thrissur district’s Urakam—ironically a village known for traditional ensembles. Back in their land, the community thought they’d, too, perform it with all the romanticism they sensed in it.
Hence named it ‘shringara melam’. “But a printing error apparently got its name on the notice as ‘sinkari’,” says Peringode Ponnan, a top proponent of this genre that has also women participants."

Our music band was founded on December 28, 2004, by Mr. Ponnan (Suresh) and his team members. During these 18 years journey we conducted programs all over the India in different segments of music.

-Mr. Ponnan Peringode (Founder)

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