Village Tourism

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Village Tourism

• A visit to Gods Own Country would be incomplete
  without a visit to its charming villages. The
  pulse of Kerala can be felt in its villages,
  which reverberates with the hum of daily life.
  The villages are seamlessly conjoined with each
  other in this contiguous landscape spread along
  the length and breadth of the state and Village
  Tourism is becoming increasingly popular among
  India Tours.
• The villages in Alleppey are an interesting
  sight. They can be experienced either from the
  sun deck of a comfortable Houseboat or disembark
  for the short walk, a meal or the day from the
  Houseboat or hotel. Scenes from ordinary life
  play out before the eyes, chirpy children on
  their way to school, quaint tea shops selling hot
  frothy tea and Kadi (deep fried or steamed
  snacks) with the customary bunch of ripe yellow
  bananas hanging in front to entice the customer.
  A stop at one of these tea shops is a must. The
  sociology of the village can be experienced
  firsthand. Old men in chequered lungis (sarong
  style cloth worn by men) congregate to discuss
  politics, weather or local gossip over a hot
  cuppa, while the working class sit down for a
  quick meal. Delicious snacks are served up, from
  deep fried samosas to kozhukotta, steamed rice
  dumplings filled with grated coconut infused with
  jaggery and a variety of local fare. South India
  Tours and packages are laced with these kinds of
  Tours of Villages.

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• On a leisurely walk through the village, one can
  see the velan shimmying up coconut trees with
  his lungi precariously tied half mast to bring
  down coconuts, an acrobat feat indeed! Or watch
  the local women engaged in coir work, twisting
  coconut fibre into ropes for the manufacture of
  mats and other products. Yet another stop is the
  ubiquitous Toddy Shop, where fresh toddy or
  fermented sap of the coconut tree is served with
  finger licking, spicy curries. The ambience of
  the toddy shop though rudimentary, will provide
  the visitor a free and compulsory performance of
  local ballads sung off key by drunken men
  feasting on tapioca and spicy fish curry. The
  delicacies of the toddy shop menu include fish
  curry, duck roast, mussel, lobsters and clam in
  kerala spices. A highlight in Kerala Tourism
  Packages.
• A visit to any village in the hills of Munnar or
  Thekkady will take the visitor across tea
  plantations spread like a green carpet over
  rolling hills as far the as the eye can see.
  Villages in the hills are clustered and each
  village engages in a specific activity or
  industry. In the hills, villagers rear sheep or
  goats, handicraft, embroidery, basketry and the
  like. The visitor can opt to have a meal with a
  local family and partake of the warm hospitality
  that is trademark of Indians. The meal would
  normally comprise of hot rice, lentils, home
  grown vegetables, spicy meat curries, shallow
  fried fish and a gooey warm desert or sweetmeat.
  Responsible Tourism in India encourages Village
  Tourism as it encourages the local economy while
  preserving local craft heritage.

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• Visitors will be lucky if there is a local temple
  festival or church feast going on. the colourful
  gaiety of the festival, replete with caparisoned
  elephants, colourful processions, ringing of
  bells, chanting of verse and religious fervour
  can be experienced along with the farmers markets
  that spring up to sell their wares to the
  devotees. From handmade toys to homemade foods,
  kitchen ware to flowers to adorn the snake like
  black plaited hair that dangles down the womens
  back are available.
• Village Tourism creates jobs and sustenance
  without disturbing the ecology or sociology of
  the place. It ensures that the culturally rich
  heritage does not make way for modernity. It
  preserves in a subtle yet sustainable way.
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