点评:Besides being the quarter of Kochi where the synagogue and the Dutch palace are located, Mattancherry is also a very lively working-class neighborhood. Crisscrossed by narrow lanes and alleys it is densely populated. People of different religions and ethnicities are living together in relative harmony (still). There is always something going on: a procession by Catholics behind a statue of Jacob or a Hindu festival with a big elephant and wild dansers and music players surrounding it.
Historically Mattancherry was a gift (mathana) of land (cheri) to Jewish (spice) traders by the Hindu raja seated at his palace. The spice trade is still ongoing, but the Jewish character of the neighborhood has disappeared.
It is a great area to observe traditional Kerala city life, but the exhaust fumes of numerous auto rickshaws, motorbikes, cars and other vehicles, not to mention the noise pollution are at times hard to endure. Especially when it is hot and there is no wind.
翻译:除了是犹太教堂和荷兰宫殿所在的科钦区外,Mattancherry 还是一个非常热闹的工薪阶层社区。狭窄的巷弄纵横交错,人口稠密。不同宗教和种族的人们相对和谐地生活在一起(仍然)。总会有一些事情发生:天主教徒在雅各布雕像后面游行,或者印度教节日里有一头大象,狂野的舞者和音乐演奏者围着它。
从历史上看,Mattancherry 是坐在他宫殿里的印度王公送给犹太(香料)商人的礼物(mathana)土地(cheri)。香料贸易仍在进行,但附近的犹太特色已经消失。
这是一个观察传统喀拉拉邦城市生活的好地方,但无数机动车、摩托车、汽车和其他车辆的尾气,更不用说噪音污染有时令人难以忍受。尤其是天热又没有风的时候。