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Page last updated at 16:42 GMT, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 17:42 UK

Dancing like a tiger in Kerala

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In the Indian state of Kerala, Stefan Gates experiences the festival of Onam, a Hindu celebration that binds this massive state of 32 million people together, despite it having the greatest proportion of non-Hindus of any Indian state.

He joins in Puli Kali - the tiger dance - and is the first white man to ever take part. After having all his body hair shaved off with a dry razor, and being painted with several layers of household gloss paint, he joins his team in dancing around the baking-hot streets of the city of Thrissur for four hours.

Feasts: India is broadcast on 20 May at 2100 BST on BBC Four.

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