The culture of Kerala has developed over the past millennia, influences from other parts of India and abroad.[1][2] It is defined by its antiquity and the organic continuity sustained by the Malayali people.[3] Modern Kerala society took shape owing to migrations from different parts of India and abroad throughout Classical Antiquity.[2][4][5]
Kerala traces its non-prehistoric cultural genesis to its membership (around the AD 3rd century) in a vaguely defined historical region known as Thamizhagom – a land defined by a common Tamil culture and encompassing the Chera, Chola, and Pandya kingdoms. At that time, the music, dance, language (first Dravida Bhasha – "Dravidian language (possibly Proto-Tamil)"[6] – then Tamil), and Sangam (a vast corpus of Tamil literature composed between 1,500–2,000 years ago) found in Kerala were all similar to that found in the rest of Thamizhagom (today's Tamil Nadu). The culture of Kerala evolved through the Sanskritization of Dravidian ethos, revivalism of religious movements and reform movements against caste discrimination.[7][8][9] Kerala showcases a culture unique to itself developed through accommodation, acculturation, and assimilation of various faculties of civilized lifestyle.
Strong communitarian values, wit, and an appreciation for social progressivism are commonly associated with Malayali culture.[10][11][12][13][14]
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- ^ Filippo Osella, Caroline Osella (2000) Social mobility in Kerala: modernity and identity in conflict. Pluto Press
- ^ University of Kerala. Dept. of History, University of Allahabad. Dept. of Modern Indian History, University of Travancore (1966) Journal of Indian history: Volume 44
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- ^ Törnquist, Olle (2001). "Movement, Politics and Development: The Case of Kerala". Social Scientist. 29 (11/12): 57–87. doi:10.2307/3518227. ISSN 0970-0293.
- ^ Mattumannil, Shahul Hameed (31 December 2024). "The left approach to social diversity: How the Communist Party interacted with Kerala's social landscape?". Cogent Social Sciences. 10 (1). doi:10.1080/23311886.2023.2292840. ISSN 2331-1886.
- ^ Kumar, Vipin (April 2008). "Politics of laughter: An introduction to the 1990s' Malayalam popular comic film". South Asian Popular Culture. 6 (1): 13–28. doi:10.1080/14746680701878513. ISSN 1474-6689.
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