Other arrivals affected the development of dance. Portuguese traders and missionaries landed in Kerala, on the southwestern Indian coast, in 1498, beginning a long line of trading powers that came from Europe. Costumes of Kathakali, a dramatic, storytelling from, show the possible influence of Portuguese fashion. No local rationale can explain the heavy, long-sleeved jackets and weighty, close-fitting headdresses that are worn in such a humid, hot climate, or explain the hoopskirtlike garment that enlarge the presence of the actors or make them appear to be hovering above clouds as they converse and dance their stories.