Onathallu or Avittathallu is a festival celebrated by the Nairs of Pallassana Desham in the Chittur Thaluk in Palakkad district,in the southernmost state of Kerala , India. This is a tradition followed by the Nairs of the Pallassane Desham incomemoration of the numerous wars they led and fought as part of the army of the Kolathiris. The name Pallassana is derived from the attribute that they were the Pallava Sena or the Pallava Army which eventually morphed into Pallassana or Pallasena as it is known today.
The tradition involves an enactment or warlike performances by men of the Nair community at the Vettakaruman Dewaswom temle premises.The key part of the performance had men paring up and under the guidance and supervision of elders in the community, enacting physical combat, warcries and battlelike behaviour. This is seen as a vazhivaadu by the men involved and is a highly reverred and attended festival during the Avittam nakshatra of Onam.
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