Chundan Vallam

Chundan Vallam, mais conhecido por Snake Boat Race é uma corrida em canoas gigantes de até 40 metros que levam até 103 pessoas nos lagos indianos de Kerala^[1], sendo um dos ícones da cultura da região. Devido ao comprimento, as canoas acabam lembrando uma cobra, por isso o nome de Snake Boat.

Essa tradicional corrida tornou-se notória no Brasil em 2016, após aparecer no programa Esporte Espetacular, no quadro "Jogos do Mundo".^[1]

Ao longo do ano são disputados vários eventos. Os mais tradicionais são:

• Nehru Trophy Boat Race - Punnamada Lake, Alappuzha^[2]
• Aranmula Uthrattadi Vallamkali - Aranmula, Pathanamthitta
• President's Trophy Boat Race - Ashtamudi lake, Kollam
• Kallada Boat Race - Kallada River, Kollam
• Pampa Boat Race - Neerattupuram
• Champakulam Moolam Boat Race
• Kumarakom Boat Race
• Payippad Jalotsavam
• Kannetty Sree Narayana Boat Race - Karunagappally, Kollam
• Thazhathangadi Boat Race - Kottayam
• Gothuruth Boat Race - Periyar, Ernakulam^[3][4]
• Piravom Boat Race - Piravom

• Thuruthippuram Boat Race - Thuruthippuram
• Paravur Jalothsavam & Boat Race - Paravur Thekkumbhagam, Kollam
• ATDC Boat Race - Alappuzha
• Rajiv Gandhi Trophy boat race - Pulinkunnu
• Neerettupuram Pampa Boat Race
• Karuvatta Boat Race
• Kavanattinkara Boat Race
• Kumarakom Arpookara Vanitha Jalamela - Kumarakom
• Mahatma Boat Race, Mannar - Alappuzha
• Kottapuram Boat Race - Kottapuram
• Kodungallur and Kumaranasan Smaraka Jalotsavam - Pallana
• Indira Gandhi Boat Race - Kochi Lake
• Kaithappuzhakkayal Boat Race - Kaithappuzha Lake, Ernakulam
• Biyyam Kaayal Boat Race - Ponnani
• Uthara malabar Boat Race - Thejaswini Lake, Kasaragod

• Canadian Nehru Trophy Boat Race - Brampton, Canada, organized by Brampton Malayalee Samajam^[5]

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