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Folk
Dances
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| Name : PANAR KALI | Tribe / Sect : PANAR | Region : | District : |
| Description : HERE TWO CHARACTERS, MALE AND FEMALE CALLED THEKKEN AND THEKKETHY RESPECTIVELY, STAGE A MOCK QUARREL. THE SONGS ARE IN THE NATURE OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE. | |||
| Name : VITHUCHORIYAL | Tribe / Sect : PARAYAS | Region : | District : |
| Description :IT IS CEREMONIAL DANCE HELD DURING THE SOWING SEASON. THERE ARE TWO CHARACTERS IN THE FORM OF BOOTHAM AND VELICHAPPADU AND THE SONGS SEEK BLESSING FOR AN EARLY AND BOUNTIFUL CROP. | |||
| Name : THEYYAM | Tribe / Sect : | Region : | District : |
| Description : THIS IS A SACRED DANCE PERFORMANCE FOR KALI, FOR SOCIAL OR FAMILY SAFETY. | |||
| Name : KURATHIYATTOM | Tribe / Sect : | Region : | District : |
| Description : THE DANCERS ARE TWO KURATHIS, IN THE GUISE OF CHARACTERS REPRESENTING THE WIVES OF LORD VISHNU AND LORD SHIVA. THEN A KURAVAN AND KURATHI ENTERS AND ENACTS A MOCK QUARREL. | |||
| Name : KUMMI | Tribe / Sect : | Region : | District : |
| Description : THE DANCERS MOVE IN A CIRCLE WITH GESTURES SIGNIFIYING REAPING AND HARVESTING. ONE WOMAN LEADS THE SONGS AND EACH PERFORMER RENDERS A NEW LINE IN TURN. | |||
| Name : KADUVA KALI | Tribe / Sect : ALL | Region : | District : |
| Description : DANCERS REALISTICALLY MADE UP AS TIGERS WITH APPROPRIATE COSTUMES GO ABOUT FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE, DANCING TO THE BEATING OF INSTRUMENTS LIKE UDUKKU, THAKIL ETC. | |||
| Name : KANNIYAR KALI | Tribe / Sect : NAIR | Region : | District : |
| Description :IT IS A FAST MOVING, MILITANT DANCE FORM ATTUNED TO RHYTHMIC DEVOTIONAL FOLK SONGS AND ASURAVADYAS. IT IS SAID TO BE A RITUAL OFFERING TO THE BAGAVATHY. | |||
| Name : THAPPUMELAKKALI | Tribe / Sect : PARAYAS | Region : | District : |
| Description : THE DANCE IS RHYTHMIC WITH THE DANCERS SWIRLING ROUND THEIR FEET IN STEPS, AND HANDS STRIKING IN PERFECT TIME. THE DANCERS STRIKE RHYTHM ON A SMALL DRUM OR THAPPU. | |||
| Name : PARAYANTHIRA | Tribe / Sect : PARAYAS | Region : | District : |
| Description : A RITUAL DANCE FOR BAGAVATHY. THE COSTUME IS COLOURFUL AND CAPTIVATING AND A VARIETY OF DANCES ARE PERFORMED TO THE RHYTHM OF DIFFERENT FOLK DRUMS. | |||
| Name : CHERUMAR KALI | Tribe / Sect : CHERUMAR | Region : | District : |
| Description : THE DANCERS HOLD ARMS TOGETHER, OR SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, LINKED IN A BACK-LOCK. THEY CHANGE POSITIONS RAPIDLY AND SING SONGS IN SWIFT RHYTHMS. | |||
| Name : KUTHIYOTTAM | Tribe / Sect : | Region : | District : |
| Description :PERFORMED IN DEVI TEMPLES. THE PERFORMERS DANCE RHYTHMICALLY TO THE BACKGROUND OF PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS. THE SONG ARE IN PRAISE OF DURGA DEVI. | |||
| Name : OPPANA | Tribe / Sect : MUSLIM | Region : ALL | District : |
| Description : THE SONG AND DANCE PROGRAMME IS PERFORMED TO ENTERTAIN THE BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM IN MUSLIM MARRIAGES. | |||
| Name : MARGAM KALI | Tribe / Sect : CHRISTIANS | Region : ALL | District : |
| Description : IT IS A GROUP DANCE AND THE THEME OF THE SONG REVOLVES AROUND THE LIFE OF ST. THOMAS. | |||
| Name : AADI VEDAN | Tribe / Sect : | Region : ALL | District : |
| Description : IT IS AN ANCIENT FOLK ART. AADI AND VEDAN REPRESENTS SIVA AND PARVATHY. | |||
| Name : ARJUNA NRITHAM | Tribe / Sect : | Region : | District : |
| Description : ARJUNA WAS PROFICIENT IN DANCE AMONG THE PANDAVAS AND HE IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE DANCED AND SUNG PRAISING BHADRAKALI AND THUS ARJUNA NRITHAM. | |||
| Name : KOTHAMOORIYATTAM | Tribe / Sect : | Region : | District : KANNUR |
| Description : THE GROUP GOES FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE SINGING AND TWO CHARACTERS WITH FACE MASKS PERFORMS COMICAL GESTURES. | |||
| Name : CHAVITUKALI | Tribe / Sect : PULAYAR | Region : | District:MALAPPUR |
| Description : THE PERFORMERS STAND IN A CIRCLE, THE LEADER RECITES TWO LINES OF A SONG AND OTHERS REPEAT. THEN THEY DANCE IN CIRCLE, WITH PECULIAR HAND GESTURES. | |||
| Name : CHATHANKALI | Tribe / Sect : | Region : | District: MALAPPUR |
| Description : THE DANCERS OF KOLAM CARRY TWO STICKS IN THEIR HANDS. THEY CLICK THESE STICKS TOGETHER TO THE RHYTHM. | |||
| Name : CHOZHIKKALI | Tribe / Sect : | Region : | District : THRISSUR |
| Description : CHILDREN DON THE GARB OF CHOZHI AND THE ELDERS DON THE COSTUMES OF KALAN, CHITRAGUPTAN, MUTHIYAMMA. THE CHOZHIS CLAP THEIR HANDS, MUTHIYAMMA SINGS HUMOROUS SONGS AND THEY GO FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE. | |||
| Name : THALAMKALI | Tribe / Sect : | Region : | District :MALAPPUR |
| Description : THE PERFORMERS CARRY PLATES IN BOTH PALMS AND GO THROUGH INTRICATE TWISTING AND TURNING. ALONG WITH THIS VARIOUS TYPES OF GESTURES ARE SHOWN TOO AS IN ARJUNA NRITHAM. | |||