Soumy Syamchand
Biographic Data
| ID | 10134159 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Soumy Syamchand |
| GIVEN NAMES | Soumy |
| FAMILY NAME | Syamchand |
| SIGNATURE | SYAMCHAND S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sacred Heart College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Culinary Rituals and Carnival Time
Thiruvathirakali is the women-centred folklore festival of Kerala’s Nair and Namboothiri communities. This paper examines the interconnectedness of ritual, food culture, and women’s health. Drawing on interviews with traditional knowledge holders and ethnographic observation, the study maps ritual routines (bathing rites, Pathirapoochoodal, Poothiruvathira), festival performances, and the seasonal dishes prepared for Makairam and Thiruvathira day…
Guardians of the Forest
The Cholanaikans, one of Kerala’s most secluded and diminutive scheduled tribes, inhabit the dense forests of the Nilambur Valley in Malappuram District. Known as ‘cave dwellers’ due to their traditional rock-shelter homes called “Alais”, they sustain a hunter-gatherer lifestyle deeply intertwined with the forest ecology. This study documents their history, social structure, subsistence patterns, cultural practices, and traditional medicinal know…
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Guardians of the Forest
The Cholanaikans, one of Kerala’s most secluded and diminutive scheduled tribes, inhabit the dense forests of the Nilambur Valley in Malappuram District. Known as ‘cave dwellers’ due to their traditional rock-shelter homes called “Alais”, they sustain a hunter-gatherer lifestyle deeply intertwined with the forest ecology. This study documents their history, social structure, subsistence patterns, cultural practices, and traditional medicinal know…
Culinary Rituals and Carnival Time
Thiruvathirakali is the women-centred folklore festival of Kerala’s Nair and Namboothiri communities. This paper examines the interconnectedness of ritual, food culture, and women’s health. Drawing on interviews with traditional knowledge holders and ethnographic observation, the study maps ritual routines (bathing rites, Pathirapoochoodal, Poothiruvathira), festival performances, and the seasonal dishes prepared for Makairam and Thiruvathira day…
Social and Economic Development in India (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Carnivalesque (1 work) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (1 work) · Culinary Culture and Tourism (1 work) · Cultural heritage (1 work) · Embodied cognition (1 work) · Ethnic group (1 work) · Ethnobotany (1 work) · Ethnography (1 work)