Kanavu is an alternative school/commune in Cheengode in Nadavayal

Nadavayal

Nadavayal is beautiful small town in Wayanad district, Kerala, India. This small town hosted early migrants from Travencore . Hardworking people turned Nadavayal to the cultural center of Wayanad....

 village, Wayanad district

Wayanad District

Wayanad District in the north-east of Kerala, India, was formed on November 1, 1980 as the 12th district by carving out areas from Kozhikode and Kannur districts. Kalpetta is the district headquarters as well as the only municipal town in the district. The region was known as Mayakshetra in the...

, Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, set up by writer, activist and film director K. J. Baby. The school's activities include performances of traditional plays and music, as well as martial arts (Kalarippayattu

Kalarippayattu

Kalaripayattu is a southern Indian martial art originating in Tamil Nadu but also practiced in contiguous parts of Kerala and Karnataka.Kalari payat includes strikes, kicks, grappling, preset forms, weaponry and healing methods...

) training. During the year 2007 the Kanavu was registered with the students of kanavu as a trust, and they have taken over the charges.

External links

• http://www.tehelka.com/story_main38.asp?filename=cr220308masti_ki.asp Masti ki Pathshala
• http://www.international.ucla.edu/showevent.asp?eventid=3843
• "Kanavu – Where Learning Happens" by Alex M George in Economic and Political Weekly
  Economic and Political Weekly
  The Economic and Political Weekly is a left-leaning Indian magazine published from Mumbai by the Sameeksha Trust, a charitable trust. The magazine was first published in 1949 as the Economic Weekly and since 1966 was re-christened the Economic and Political Weekly. It was edited by Krishna Raj...
  
  
• Lights, action, camera about the making of the film Guda
• 17. K.J. Baby, Kanavu, Nadavayal, Wayanad read the seciton 17. talks about the film made by Kanavu
• Kanavu malayileykku about film
• http://www.buyindies.com/listings/1/1/1121780489359.html elements@dataone.in
• docu film on kanavu
• work and wisdom of vernacular educators from India Interviews with Baby&Shirly by gautam sarang
• Category: Documentary by C. Saratchandran

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