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Kerala Piravi
Kerala's state formation day on 1 November, with the cream and gold kasavu worn in schools, offices and homes.
What is worn for Kerala Piravi
Kerala Piravi, on 1 November, marks the day in 1956 when the state of Kerala was formed, bringing together the Malayalam-speaking regions of Travancore-Cochin and Malabar. It is the day of the language, with Malayalam recited and spoken in schools and offices and cultural programmes held across the state. Many people dress in the traditional cream and gold: women in kasavu sarees or set-mundu, men in kasavu mundu. The cream cotton with a gold border is both a symbol of the state and its everyday festive cloth, woven on handlooms in places such as Balaramapuram near Thiruvananthapuram.
The sarees
Also part of it, and being written: Balaramapuram (Handloom cotton of southern Kerala.).
Written by the EveryPallu desk with AI assistance. Background: "Kerala Piravi" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.