Margamkali

Margamkali performed during a Syro-Malabar Nasrani wedding at Arakuzha.

Margamkali (Malayalam:മാർഗ്ഗംകളി ) is an ancient Indian round dance of the St. Thomas Christians community- based in Kerala state, mainly practiced by the endogamous sub-sect known as the Knanaya or Southist Christians.^[1]^[2]^[3] The dance retells the life and missionary work of Thomas the Apostle, based on the 3rd-century apocryphal Acts of Thomas.^[2]^[4]

^ Ipe 2015, p. 289.
^ ^a ^b Vellian 1990, p. 31.
^ Karukaparambil 2005, pp. 497.
^ Curtin, D. P.; James, M.R. (June 2018). The Acts of St. Thomas in India. ISBN 9781087965710.

[FOOTNOTEIpe2015289-1] Ipe 2015, p. 289.

[FOOTNOTEVellian199031-2] Vellian 1990, p. 31.

[FOOTNOTEKarukaparambil2005497-3] Karukaparambil 2005, pp. 497.

[4] Curtin, D. P.; James, M.R. (June 2018). The Acts of St. Thomas in India. ISBN 9781087965710.

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