Onam Quiz

1. Spectators watch crews propel long boats in rhythm during an Onam-season event. Which tradition are they watching?

2. At an Onam celebration, performers have painted themselves like tigers and dance energetically through the streets. Which folk art is this?

3. A program features women performing a graceful group dance in a circle, a form often presented during Onam. Which tradition best fits?

4. Which description gives the most complete and accurate overview of Onam?

5. An invitation describes an event held on Thiruvonam. What does that name indicate in the Onam calendar?

6. Onam is most strongly associated with which Indian state?

7. Grandparents give children new clothes to wear for the festival. Which Onam custom does this represent?

8. Whose legendary annual return is central to the traditional story of Onam?

9. In the story connected with Onam, a dwarf avatar asks a generous ruler for land measured in three paces. Which two figures are being described?

10. A family serves numerous vegetarian dishes on banana leaves as the centerpiece of its Onam gathering. What is this meal called?

11. In the Malayalam calendar, Onam is celebrated primarily during which month?

12. A household begins its festival countdown by making the first small pookkalam. Which day traditionally marks this beginning?

13. During a race, a visitor hears vanchipattu sung to coordinate and encourage the crew. What are vanchipattu?

14. What is a pookkalam, commonly created during Onam?

15. A traveler in Thrippunithura sees a colorful procession traditionally associated with the opening of the Onam season. What is the event called?

16. A museum wants one display pairing that accurately matches two Onam traditions with their meanings. Which should it choose?