we called our Kerala is gods on country and Kerala is visual treat for tourists by the geographic features and the mesmerizing beauty of nature. Kerala has rich tradition of folklore. folklore includes culture, traditional beliefs, different stories of community passed through the generations by word of mouth. Simply we can say that the lore of people who had been marginalized during the region of feudal kings.

There are so many ways for cultures to express their beliefs through folklore. Some people use song and dance to tell their stories, while others tell larger-than-life stories about mythical heroes. For those who interested to visit and understand the artistic heritage the Kerala folklore academy situated in chirakkal, near the chirakkal lake. Kannur is a perfect choice. It is an independent center for cultural affairs, established by the govt of Kerala on 28^th June 1995.  The core objective of the academy is to identify and categorizing different kind of folk arts of Kerala in order to identify its reach and influences among the society.

 The first chairman of the academy was G. Bargavan Pillai.in the incumbent chair is prof B. Mohammed Ahmed. And other members are M.V Kannan, Dr. M.V Vishnu Namboothiri, P.K Kaalan and C. J Kuttappan. In 2003, the chirakkal kings gives their water palace to the academy for use as their headquarters. the place the academy situated is very beautiful and enhance the nostalgia for a bygone era. The two subcenters for this academy one in vallavoor (Kottayam districts) it is known as Travancore folklore village. And the next one is in kalpathy Palakkad it is a study and research center for temple arts and percussion art. And also, a percussion instrument museum. The academy published 25 books on variant folklore of Kerala. And also produced the book about the folklore art of Kerala and two dictionaries on is including the performing art, chavittunadakam and the another one is about byarai Basha. The academy also provides awards and fellowships for skilled artists and experts in the folklore field. During 2008, it initiates the annual P. K Kalan Prize of one lakh rupees to acknowledge an outstanding contribution to the folklore filed.

The academy is built in a traditional building structure of ‘Naalukettu’. now it includes the folklore library features over 1000 volume on the folk-art traditions of Kerala, a museum,

publication department and administration department. The museum inside the academy have collection over 3000 precious object of folklore art like theyyam, padayani, folk and tribal musical and percussion instruments. And also farm implements and weapons. And some of this are used for different ritual arts like Kuthurathib, devakoothu, chat, poorakali, kaliyootu, mudiyettu, and kaniyarkali.  In the museum there is over 175 photographs of the art forms.

Compile and publish books and periodicals on folklore is one of the main visions of the academy. It already published fourteen volumes on the culture, art and life of the people. The academy published the quarterly journal named Poli, in order to promote the awareness of folk arts and verities of rituals to the present generation.

It should be the pride of Kannur and Kerala. It has the potential to be a store house of inspiring wisdom on the art and culture of the Malabar region. The theyyam mask and costumes, together with the life size models, are a treasure, but they assume that the visitor already knows about the art forms. It should be a best destination for get knowledge about traditional performing arts.

And presently it offers to the visitors and tourists a well-furnished museum includes theyyam statues in full costumes and other folklore arts. So, it is an absolute choice for those who are follow and understand artistic heritage and culture. Here mostly visited by the foreigners than local people. All about this is it’s a very good option to understand about the folklore and other cultural beliefs and arts. …