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A school principal in Kerala stopped a group of students’ Kolkali performance after they wore pro-Palestine T-shirts on stage. The incident occurred at Anjarakandy Higher Secondary School in Kannur on Saturday, September 27, during the school’s youth festival.

According to the principal, the students violated the festival manual. However, it has not been specified which rules were violated.

Traditionally, performers wear a mundu, a white vest, and a head cloth while performing Kolkali, a centuries-old folk art from the north Malabar region in which dancers move in a circle with sticks, striking them in rhythm with music. The students instead wore black T-shirts printed with the words “Free Palestine.”

A of the incident being circ

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