Alappuzha, Hindistan: yıl boyunca neler var

Çok kalabalık — Christmas and New Year peak, Hindistan genelinde Winter break

Ocak ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Backwater houseboat season (1 Kas – 28 Şub), Christmas and New Year peak (20 Ara – 5 Oca)

Kalabalık — Chettikulangara Bharani, burayı dolduran pazarların 2 tanesinde okul tatili

• Festival

  Chettikulangara Bharani

  13 Şub – 15 Mar · geneldeDini bayramKalabalık

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Backwater houseboat season (1 Kas – 28 Şub)

Kalabalık — Chettikulangara Bharani, burayı dolduran pazarların 2 tanesinde okul tatili

Mart ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Chettikulangara Bharani (13 Şub – 15 Mar (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Vishu, Hindistan genelinde Summer vacation (Kerala / far south)

• Sezon

  Pre-monsoon low season

  1 Nis – 31 May · geneldeSezon dışı kapanış

  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. Kaynak ↗

• Tatil

  Vishu

  13–15 Nis · geneldeDini bayramKalabalık

  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. Kaynak ↗

Kalabalık — Hindistan genelinde Summer vacation (north & east)

Mayıs ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Pre-monsoon low season (1 Nis – 31 May (genelde))

Kalabalık — Hindistan genelinde Summer vacation (north & east), burayı dolduran pazarların 2 tanesinde okul tatili

• Sezon

  Southwest monsoon

  1 Haz – 15 Eyl · geneldeRisk

  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.

Sakin — burayı dolduran pazarların 5 tanesinde okul tatili, hava açısından en kötü aylarından biri

• Sezon

  Karkidakam ayurveda season

  16 Tem – 16 Ağu · geneldeMuson

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Southwest monsoon (1 Haz – 15 Eyl (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Nehru Trophy Boat Race, Onam

• Festival

  Nehru Trophy Boat Race

  5–31 Ağu · geneldeSpor etkinliğiKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  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. Kaynak ↗

• Tatil

  Onam

  17–26 AğuOkul tatilleriKapanışlarKalabalık

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Southwest monsoon (1 Haz – 15 Eyl (genelde)), Karkidakam ayurveda season (16 Tem – 16 Ağu (genelde))

Ara sezon — burayı dolduran pazarların 3 tanesinde okul tatili, sıradan bir ay

• Festival

  Champions Boat League

  15 Eyl – 10 Ara · geneldeSpor etkinliği

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Southwest monsoon (1 Haz – 15 Eyl (genelde)), Onam (17–26 Ağu)

Kalabalık — Hindistan genelinde Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali), burayı dolduran pazarların 2 tanesinde okul tatili

Ekim ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Champions Boat League (15 Eyl – 10 Ara (genelde))

Ara sezon — sıradan bir ay

• Sezon

  Backwater houseboat season

  1 Kas – 28 ŞubKurak sezonErken rezervasyon

  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.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Champions Boat League (15 Eyl – 10 Ara (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Christmas and New Year peak, Hindistan genelinde Winter break

• Tatil

  Christmas and New Year peak

  20 Ara – 5 OcaNoel ve yılbaşıKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Champions Boat League (15 Eyl – 10 Ara (genelde)), Backwater houseboat season (1 Kas – 28 Şub)