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Folk
Dances
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| Name : THIDAMBU NRITHAM | Tribe / Sect : NAMBOODIRI | Region : ALL | District : KANNUR, K |
| Description : THE DANCE PERFORMED WITH THE DECORATED EFFIGY OF THE DEVI CARRIED ON THE HEAD. FOOT WORK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT. | |||
| Name : THEYYANAM | Tribe / Sect : PULAYAR, KURAVAR | Region : MAVELIKAR | District : ALAPPUZHA |
| Description :ALL STAGES OF PADDY CULTIVATION ARE REPRESENTED IN THE DANCE, BY A SET OF MEN AND WOMEN. | |||
| Name : THEKKANUM THEKKATHIYUM | Tribe / Sect : PANAR | Region : ALL | District : MALAPPUR |
| Description : THE CHARACTERS SING, EXCHANGE DIALOGUE AND PERFORM STYLISED MOVEMENTS, THROUGH WELL DEFINED STEPS. | |||
| Name : THOLPAVAKOOTHU | Tribe / Sect : PULAVAN | Region : PALAKKAD | District : PALAKKAD, |
| Description : THIS IS THE PUPPET DANCE. THE PUPPETS ARE MADE OF DEER SKIN, TO REPRESENT THE CHARACTERS OF RAMAYANA. | |||
| Name : NAGACHUTTU | Tribe / Sect : VEDARS, PARAYARS, KURAVARS | Region : CHIRAYINKI | District : THIRUVANA |
| Description :EIGHT PERSONS FOR THE DANCE AND TWO TO PLAY PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS, IN ALL TEN PERSONS ARE NEEDED FOR STAGING THIS. THIS IS A COMBINATION OF SNAKE WORSHIP AND KALARIPAYATTU. | |||
| Name : PALLUKALI | Tribe / Sect :PARAYA | Region : | District : |
| Description :THIS IS A RITUALISTIC ART. THE COSTUMES OF MALE CHARACTERS IN THE DANCE IS SIMILAR TO THOSE OF KATHAKALI. | |||
| Name : MALAYAN KETTU | Tribe / Sect : | Region : | District : |
| Description :THIS IS FULLY RITUALISTIC, USUALLY PERFORMED FOR THE SAKE OF THOSE WOMEN WHO HAVE MISCARRIAGES AND WHO ARE ADVISED BY THE ASTROLOGERS TO HAVE THIS RITUAL. | |||