Festivals of Kochi

About Festivals

Keeping up with its multi-ethnic diaspora, Kochi celebrates traditional Kerala Festivals like Onam and Vishu along with North Indian festivals like Holi and Diwali with great fervour. Christian and Islamic festivals like Christmas, Easter, Eid ul-Fitr, Milad-e-sherif, etc are also celebrated. A merry making feast called the Cochin Carnival is celebrated at Fort Kochi every year during the last ten days of December. Various unique games, dirt bike races, beach volleyball and fireworks display are held as part of the festivities. The carnival is celebrated as a continuity of the Portuguese New Year revelry held here during the colonial days.

Attachamayam

Celeberated to commemorate the legendary victory of the Raja of Kochi, the Festival of Attachamayam is held on the eigth day of the Malayalam month of Chingam, which usually falls in August or September.

Indira Gandhi Boat Race

The rolling Backwaters of Kochi are all the more inviting for this grand gala held in the last week of December as a final touch to its spectacular Tourism Fair.

Jewish Festivals

It is believed that the Jews of Kerala migrated here in the 1st after the second temple of Jerusalem was destroyed in 72 AD. The Jewish community settled mainly in and around Mattancherry, Kochi and brought with them the Jewish Customs and Festivals.

Malayatoor Perunal

A feast is held at the famous Catholic Church at Malayatoor on the Sunday after Easter to commemorate the visit of the great apostle, St. Thomas.

Onam

The Harvest Festival of Kerala, is one of the most popular one too. The harvest festival is the most popular festival of Kerala.