Breaking into the conventional male bastion, 4 girls entered the sphere of Pulikkali (tiger dance) in 2016. Perhaps, history was rewritten once again this year while a ‘transgender tiger’ danced along with different male counterparts all through a Pulikkali overall performance organised in Thrissur on Tuesday.
Praveen Nadh, a trans guy from Nenmara, Palakkad, completed the tiger dance for the Ayyanthole Desam crew, which staged an internet overall performance this time that changed into a streamed stay on Facebook.
Unlike the normal pot-bellied tigers, Praveen Nadh is a frame builder. He changed into named Mr Kerala 2021 withinside the transgender category. With his ‘muscular’ display on Tuesday, he has fast earned a nickname — ‘Jimman Puli’ — from his fellow tigers.
Ayyanthole Desham is understood to sometimes bring in the novelty to their Pulikkali performances. They had been one of the groups that delivered girls to the area of tiger dance. The crew performed a digital Pulikkali closing 12 months withinside the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.