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5th December 2010
An evening at Mappila Bay,kannur.From 12 noon I,Artist Satheesh and Masood of Radio Mango were in the Kannur City. We went to the Arakkal Museum and then met Rashid who is in charge of ringing the bell at Arakkal Kettu,five times a day,informing the local people the time for prayer.We also met his father Majeed, an old man aged more than eighty who owns some pigeons which won him 2nd prize in the competition conducted by the District Pegion Flying Association. For more than 2 hrs we were with Anthikka,the famous Mappilappattu singer and Music Guru of the City.He was once well known among the football lovers of Kannur first as a brilliant player and later as very efficient referee.Anthikka is now 73.We left Anthikka's house at about 3p.m and drove to hotel Sona to have our lunch.A large group of Coorg women were there.It was easy to assume that they were returning from Parassinikkadavu after witnessing the Puthari Festival there to which the coorgies attach special importance.
After lunch We went to the famous Attakka Palli and then moved to Maidanappalli area and walked long distance along the seashore.When we came to the Mappila Bay Hanneefa Kurikkalakath,a jounalist recently retired from Siraj Daily joined us.Till dusk we were there exploring the local history of the City area.It was definitely an inspiring experience.