På gång i Kochi (Cochin), India under året

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Ernakulathappan Utsavam

• Festival

  Ernakulathappan Utsavam

  15 jan – 10 feb · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångt

  Eight days at the Shiva temple on Durbar Hall Ground: caparisoned elephants lined up for the evening processions, panchari melam and fireworks. The date follows the Malayalam month of Makaram, so it moves. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Fort Kochi season (1 nov – 28 feb), Kochi-Muziris Biennale (10 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Cochin Carnival (25 dec – 1 jan)

Mest folk — Ernakulathappan Utsavam, Fort Kochi season

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Ernakulathappan Utsavam (15 jan – 10 feb (vanligtvis)), Fort Kochi season (1 nov – 28 feb), Kochi-Muziris Biennale (10 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Kochi-Muziris Biennale, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Kochi-Muziris Biennale (10 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — resenärer beskriver det som lugnt, Vishu

• Helg

  Vishu

  14–15 apr · vanligtvisNationell helgdagStängningar

  The Malayalam new year, on 14 or 15 April. Firecrackers start before dawn, families view the vishukkani arrangement at first light, and most shops and offices take the day off. Källa ↗

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

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

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 monsoon makes landfall in India here first, usually around the first of June, and the harbour goes grey for three months. The Chinese nets still work and the hotels are half price.

Lugnt — resenärer beskriver det som lugnt, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

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

Mycket folk — Onam, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Onam

  17–26 augSkollovStängningarTrångt

  Ten days of flower carpets, a sadya on a banana leaf and pulikali tiger dancers on the streets of Thrissur up the road. Offices and many shops close for the final four days. Källa ↗

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

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

Inget nytt börjar i september.

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.

Mest folk — Fort Kochi season, Thripunithura Vrischikolsavam

• Säsong

  Fort Kochi season

  1 nov – 28 febTorrsäsongTrångt

  The rain stops and Fort Kochi fills: homestays on Princess Street booked out, kathakali shows twice a night, and cruise ships tying up at Willingdon Island most weeks.

• Festival

  Thripunithura Vrischikolsavam

  10 nov – 5 dec · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångt

  The eight-day festival at Poornathrayeesa temple in Thripunithura, ten kilometres out, opens Kerala's temple season: fifteen elephants abreast and panchari melam in front of them. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Fort Kochi season, Thripunithura Vrischikolsavam

• Festival

  Kochi-Muziris Biennale

  10 dec – 31 mar · vanligtvisKulturfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  South Asia's biggest contemporary art show, spread over godowns and warehouses across Fort Kochi. It runs every other winter, not every year — the seventh edition opens in December 2027. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Cochin Carnival

  25 dec – 1 janJul & nyårTrångtStängningar

  A week of processions, races and beach games in Fort Kochi left over from the Portuguese, ending with a giant Papanji effigy burned on the parade ground at midnight on the 31st. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Fort Kochi season (1 nov – 28 feb), Thripunithura Vrischikolsavam (10 nov – 5 dec (vanligtvis))