A group of Keralite women on Saturday created history by taking part in 'Pulikali', a famous folk art which has been an exclusive bastion of male artistes, along with over 500 male counterparts, donning the garb of symbolic tigers.
•    Breaking the conventional gender barriers, they performed along with men on the streets, dancing to the beat of drums wearing tiger masks and body painted with the face of big cat. 
•    The participation of women added colour to the annual folk fiesta, held in front of the famed Vadakkunnatha Siva temple in the city as part of the Onam festivities.
•    A large number of trained artistes, painted as tigers and hunters, danced to the beats of instruments such as 'udukku' and 'takil'. 
•    Three women are N A Vinaya, Divya and Sakheena -- members of Women Integration and Growth through Sports (WINGS).
•    Vinaya said it was an opportunity for them to leave a mark in an area in which only men were till now involved.
 

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