🇮🇳 Kerala (India) · Traditional
Chavutti Thirumalチャヴッティ・ティルマル（足圧オイルマッサージ）ചവിട്ടി ഉഴിച്ചിൽ
Kerala's foot-pressure massage: holding a rope hung from the ceiling, the practitioner strokes the oiled body with the feet in long sweeps; used to condition kalaripayattu martial artists.
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- Origin
- 🇮🇳 Kerala (India)
- Era
- Traditional
- Classification
- Traditional healing system
- Techniques
- Foot / Oil / Stretch
- Practitioner body parts
- Foot
- Medium
- Oil
- Clothing
- Skin contact, draped
- Setting
- Mat
- Also known as
- Chavutti uzhichil · Chavitti uzhichil · Rope massage · Indian foot pressure massage
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