På gång i Alleppey (Alappuzha), India under året

Mest folk — Christmas and New Year peak, Winter break i India

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Backwater houseboat season (1 nov – 28 feb), Christmas and New Year peak (20 dec – 5 jan)

Mycket folk — Chettikulangara Bharani, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Chettikulangara Bharani

  13 feb – 15 mar · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångt

  Temple festival near Mavelikkara, about an hour south by road, where villages haul towering decorated chariots and horse effigies to the goddess. It falls on Bharani day in the month of Kumbham and draws huge crowds. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Backwater houseboat season (1 nov – 28 feb)

Mycket folk — Chettikulangara Bharani, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Chettikulangara Bharani (13 feb – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Vishu, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) i India

• Säsong

  Pre-monsoon low season

  1 apr – 31 maj · vanligtvisStängt mellan säsongerna

  The sticky weeks before the monsoon are the backwaters' low season: houseboat rates drop well below winter prices and the canals are uncrowded, though midday on deck is hard going. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Vishu

  13–15 apr · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångt

  Malayalam New Year. Families wake to the vishukkani arrangement of rice, fruit and golden konna flowers, fireworks go off in the evening and many businesses close for the day. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Summer vacation (north & east) i India

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Pre-monsoon low season (1 apr – 31 maj (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer vacation (north & east) i India, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Southwest monsoon

  1 jun – 15 sep · vanligtvisRisk

  The rains hit the Kerala coast first, usually in the opening days of June, and the backwaters run high and brown. Half the houseboats tie up; the ones still sailing cost a third of the winter rate.

Lugnt — skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Säsong

  Karkidakam ayurveda season

  16 jul – 16 aug · vanligtvisMonsun

  The Malayalam month the resorts sell as the right time for a treatment course, on the reasoning that the damp opens the pores. Packages run two weeks or more and are at their cheapest. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Southwest monsoon (1 jun – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Nehru Trophy Boat Race, Onam

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  Nehru Trophy Boat Race

  5–31 aug · vanligtvisSportevenemangTrångtBoka tidigt

  Hundred-foot snake boats with a hundred rowers apiece, raced across Punnamada in front of a packed pavilion. The date is set only a few months ahead — long the second Saturday of August, lately later in the month. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Onam

  17–26 augSkollovStängningarTrångt

  Kerala's ten-day harvest holiday: flower carpets at every doorway, a sadya eaten off a banana leaf, and village boat races in the canals. Shops and offices close for the last four days. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Southwest monsoon (1 jun – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Karkidakam ayurveda season (16 jul – 16 aug (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

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  Champions Boat League

  15 sep – 10 dec · vanligtvisSportevenemang

  A league of snake boat races across Kerala from September to early December. Several rounds are held on the Alappuzha backwaters, at Kainakary, Pulinkunnu and Karuvatta, a short ride from town. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Southwest monsoon (1 jun – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Onam (17–26 aug)

Mycket folk — Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) i India, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Champions Boat League (15 sep – 10 dec (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

• Säsong

  Backwater houseboat season

  1 nov – 28 febTorrsäsongBoka tidigt

  The canals go calm, the paddy is cut and every kettuvallam on Punnamada is spoken for. The good boats go months ahead and prices roughly double over the turn of the year.

Pågår fortfarande: Champions Boat League (15 sep – 10 dec (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Christmas and New Year peak, Winter break i India

• Helg

  Christmas and New Year peak

  20 dec – 5 janJul & nyårTrångtBoka tidigt

  The fortnight the houseboats, the beach hotels at Marari and the flights into Kochi all cost the most. Book it in October or take the first week of December instead. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Champions Boat League (15 sep – 10 dec (vanligtvis)), Backwater houseboat season (1 nov – 28 feb)