<p>The two-hour celebration, with a display of Kerala's art forms followed by a delicious Onam feast, was attended by several prominent people including Indian-origin Labour MP, Keith Vaz, Virendra Sharma, Labour MP, Stephen Timms, MP and Stephen Hammond, MP.<br />George Raju, Second Secretary (Economic) of the Indian High Commission, read out a message from the High Commissioner Nalin Surie.<br /><br />Three art forms of Kerala - Kathakali, Mohiniyattam and Bharatanatyam were displayed on the occasion.<br /><br />The celebrations started with an illustration of different Mudras and the power of expressions used in Kathakali by Kalamandalam Vijayakumar and Barbara Vijayakumar followed by a short performance of Kathakali by Kalamandalam Vijayakumar.<br /><br />The Kathakali performance was a prelude to the National Kathakali Tour in about 50 venues all over the UK by the Kala Chethana Kathakali Company.<br /><br />Several artists from Kerala, including Padmashree Kalamandalam Gopi will join the tour, starting later this month.<br /><br />Sreedevi Veneesh and Kairali Narayan from Bristol gave a Mohiniyattam performance followed by Bharathanatyam by Vinod Nair.<br /><br />The Chief Advisor of Kerala Business Forum T Haridas said: "Indian food and art forms are very popular in Britain and we are happy that both of these were presented to the British Parliamentarians on the occasion of Onam."</p>
<p>The two-hour celebration, with a display of Kerala's art forms followed by a delicious Onam feast, was attended by several prominent people including Indian-origin Labour MP, Keith Vaz, Virendra Sharma, Labour MP, Stephen Timms, MP and Stephen Hammond, MP.<br />George Raju, Second Secretary (Economic) of the Indian High Commission, read out a message from the High Commissioner Nalin Surie.<br /><br />Three art forms of Kerala - Kathakali, Mohiniyattam and Bharatanatyam were displayed on the occasion.<br /><br />The celebrations started with an illustration of different Mudras and the power of expressions used in Kathakali by Kalamandalam Vijayakumar and Barbara Vijayakumar followed by a short performance of Kathakali by Kalamandalam Vijayakumar.<br /><br />The Kathakali performance was a prelude to the National Kathakali Tour in about 50 venues all over the UK by the Kala Chethana Kathakali Company.<br /><br />Several artists from Kerala, including Padmashree Kalamandalam Gopi will join the tour, starting later this month.<br /><br />Sreedevi Veneesh and Kairali Narayan from Bristol gave a Mohiniyattam performance followed by Bharathanatyam by Vinod Nair.<br /><br />The Chief Advisor of Kerala Business Forum T Haridas said: "Indian food and art forms are very popular in Britain and we are happy that both of these were presented to the British Parliamentarians on the occasion of Onam."</p>