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Onam (IPA: [oːɳɐm]) is an annual harvest and cultural festival celebrated by the people of [[Kerala|Keralam]]. Despite originating from an [[Indian mythology]], it is a cultural celebration of [[Malayalis|Malayalees]] as a whole, irrespective of various faiths and communities in [[Kerala]]. It marks the harvest season and is observed over ten days by most [[Malayalis|Malayalees]].<ref name="cush-2012">{{Cite book |last=Cush |first=Denise |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kzPgCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA574 |title=Encyclopedia of Hinduism |last2=Robinson |first2=Catherine |last3=York |first3=Michael |publisher=Routledge |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-135-18979-2 |pages=573–574 |language=en}}</ref><ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/mahabali-comes-calling/article6383238.ece Mahabali comes calling] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822103042/https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/mahabali-comes-calling/article6383238.ece |date=22 August 2023 }}, The Hindu, Neeti Sarkar (5 September 2014)</ref> A major annual event for [[Malayalis|Malayalees]], it is the official festival of the state<ref name="cush-2012" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ali |first=Subhashini |date=31 August 2020 |title=Despite Sangh Efforts to Project it as 'Hindu' Festival, Story of Onam Prevails in Kerala |url=https://thewire.in/society/kerala-onam-festival |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812214846/https://thewire.in/society/kerala-onam-festival |archive-date=12 August 2021 |access-date=12 August 2021 |website=TheWire |language=en-US}}</ref> and includes a spectrum of cultural events.<ref name="m nazeer-2010">{{Cite news |last=M. Nazeer |date=10 August 2010 |title=The abiding lore and spirit of Onam |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/the-abiding-lore-and-spirit-of-onam/article583395.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822103045/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/The-abiding-lore-and-spirit-of-Onam/article16138152.ece |archive-date=22 August 2023 |access-date=26 September 2013 |work=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Peter J. Claus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ienxrTPHzzwC&pg=PA454 |title=South Asian Folklore: An Encyclopedia |last2=Sarah Diamond |last3=Margaret Ann Mills |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-415-93919-5 |page=454}}</ref><ref name="cush-2012" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hospital |first=Clifford G. |title=The RighteousOnam Demon:celebrated Aby Studyall ofkerala Bali |publisher=[[Universitypeople of(malayalees) Britishwithout Columbia Press]] |year=1984 |isbn=978-0-7748-0187-4 |location=Vancouver}}</ref>
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