The ‘King Kong’ never stops beating the big drum and the drum beat reverberates all around. ‘Pulimurukan’ keeps rotating the rope in his hand when the tiger lurks behind ready to bounce. APJ Abdul Kalam keeps handing over saplings to whoever comes.
These are not random images, but what awaits the visitors at the Malabar Festival that began on the Marine Grounds at Kozhikode Beach on Sunday.
The festival organised by the Theeradesa Raksha Social Welfare Society (TRSWS) is different from the usual run of the mill holiday fairs just because of the grand show put up at the beginning of it.
The visitors are welcomed by the ‘King Kong’ station just beside the ticket counter. As they enter the tunnel at the entrance, the atmosphere gets eerie with very peculiar sounds pouring out of the small openings. It’s a ghost house that features every ‘species’ of ghost known to mankind, or rather filmdom.
Then comes the forest where dwells the lions, tigers, leopards, elephants and even dinosaurs — all robotic animals.
But what pulls the crowd most is a robot that looks like actor Mohanlal in his blockbuster movie Pulimurugan ’. The Avatar characters and the special dragon in the movie too have found their resemblances in these robots.
The 3D photo gallery is another major attraction of the fair, where former President APJ Abdul Kalam, Mother Teresa and actor Dulquer Salman feature in the pictures besides animals and some other frames.
There onwards, Malabar Festival becomes the usual fair with stalls that sell everything from sweets to home appliances and then an array of fun rides. The show will go on for almost a month.
