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(Malayalam: വള്ളംകളി, vaḷḷaṃ kaḷi, literally "boat game") is a
traditional boat race in Kerala, India. It is a form of canoe
racing, and uses paddled war canoes. It is mainly conducted
during the season of the harvest festival Onam in autumn. Vallam
Kali includes races of many kinds of paddled longboats, the
traditional boats of Kerala.    Vallam Kali originated in
Assyria, on a New Year's Day in 300 BC. Vallam Kalli events were
conducted by several ancient Indian states.  In Kerala, during
an early 14th-century war between the feudal kingdoms of
Kayamkulam and Chembakassery, King Devanarayana of Chembakassery
commissioned the construction of a war boat called Chundan
Vallam and he tasked a famous carpenter of the day with the
responsibility of creating it.[1] Hence, the technical methods
for creating these Snake Boats are around 650 years old. Of the
snake boats still in use today, the P