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Barnoota lama: Qabxiilee guguddoo dimokraasii ibsan

Description:
Poster includes three illustrations: the first captioned "Walqixxummaa lammiilee" that depicts two groups of people standing on both sides of a balance scale; the second captioned "Waldanda'uu siyaasaa" that depicts three people--a woman between two men--wearing sashes and holding hands; the third captioned "Bu'aa filanno amananii fudhachuu" that depicts a man in a bright blue suit shaking hands with a man in a gray-blue suit and beckoning him to a chair or throne.
Date:
[2005?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Barnoota lama: Qabxiilee guguddoo dimokraasii ibsan

Barnoota kudha Tokko: Mirga namoomaafi dimokraasummaa

Description:
Poster depicts the following: three adjacent illustrations of a woman in a head cover kissing a cross on a wall, a man kneeling on a prayer mat with his shoes beside him, and a clergyman speaking to a group from a pulpit with a cross; an illustration of a woman doctor checking a man with a stethoscope; a man and woman in hard hats and coveralls working on a pipe with tools; a man in a wheelchair putting a ballot in a ballot box.
Date:
[2005?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Barnoota kudha Tokko: Mirga namoomaafi dimokraasummaa

Barnoota shan: Amaloota bulchiinsa heera mootummaa

Description:
Poster includes four illustrations: the first depicts a line of people waiting to submit ballots, with a man and woman ascending a staircase to a platform with chairs; the second depicts the same man and woman descending the platform from the other side as some of the same people waiting to submit ballots wave at them; the third depicts a balance scale with a book that reads "constitution" in Amharic above it; the fourth depicts a diagram of three circles that are black, yellow, and red with text in Amharic that are linked with reciprocal arrows.
Date:
[2005?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Barnoota shan: Amaloota bulchiinsa heera mootummaa

Xth Ethiopian Highland Rally

Description:
Poster depicts an illustration of the front of a red car marked "10" on the hood, with a driver and passenger in the front seats; underneath the car is a map of Ethiopia that shows the rally route; underneath the map is an X-shaped figure with green, yellow, and red stripes; flanking the figure are spectators; in the background are illustrations of Ethiopian historical landmarks.
Date:
[December 12, 1973?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Xth Ethiopian Highland Rally

Centenary of Addis Ababa

Description:
Poster depicts an illustration of a yellow flower, whose stem is growing through the first "0" of the number "100" in the alternate title; background is a photograph of a field.
Date:
[November, 1986?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Centenary of Addis Ababa

CORHA: topic planner 2009/10

Description:
Poster has a black background. Calendar is laid out not in the usual grid pattern, but each month has one line with the days lined up in a row. Sundays are marked in a yellow-orange gradient. Days of the week are along the top in dark orange. Calendar is primarily green with the word "CORHA" in a lighter green superimposed over the calendar. Various agencies' and family services' phone numbers are printed in a blue box at the bottom of the calendar.
Date:
2009
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
CORHA: topic planner 2009/10

We need--

Description:
A yellow-green poster. In the upper corners are a pair of older teenagers, a young man on the left, and a young woman on the right. Text is printed on seven scrolls with needs for Ethiopian teenage health counseling. "Youth friendly health service" is printed in a thought bubble emanating from a middle scroll.
Date:
[between 1980 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
We need--

Ethiopia

Description:
Image is of a drawing of an Ethiopian cross, elaborately latticed. The cross goes from purple to olive to green from top to bottom. The title is in green. The background of the poster is beige.
Date:
[between 1965 and 2010
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Ethiopia

Barnoota afur: Madda aangoofi ittigaafatamummaa bulchiinsa heera mootummaa

Description:
Poster depicts the following two illustrations: one of a man raising a stone at a police officer or soldier who is aiming a gun at him, dead and injured men on the ground, other men raising rocks, a burning building, and a burning car; the other of a factory, a tractor tilling land, a truck on a rock, and a flying dove with an olive branch in its beak.
Date:
[2005?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Barnoota afur: Madda aangoofi ittigaafatamummaa bulchiinsa heera mootummaa

Barnoota tokko: Maalummaa dimokraasii, sagantaaleefi gosoota

Description:
Poster depicts two illustrations: one of three people seated and facing a larger group in a rural outdoor area, while one of the three writes on paper; the other of a woman putting a ballot in a ballot box, while others line up behind her and another woman holding papers walks toward a building on the right.
Date:
[2005?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Barnoota tokko: Maalummaa dimokraasii, sagantaaleefi gosoota

Peace of Ethiopia

Description:
Poster depicts a collage of the following: a photograph of an adolescent girl or young woman wearing gold jewelry and a white robe with black trim, holding illustrated flowers in her hands and in a ceramic container tied to her back; in the background are photographs of fields of flowers and digitally altered photographs of a waterfall, trees, and mountains.
Date:
[between 2000 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Peace of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 13 months of sunshine

Description:
Title is in capital letters and printed like a cut-out on a black background. Title is on the right side of the poster with the image to the left of the title. Rest of text is printed in white on a pink background.
Date:
[between 1970 and 1990]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hapte Selassie
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Ethiopia: 13 months of sunshine

Axum: Ethiopia

Description:
A person with dreadlocks or braids wears an orange robe and olive green head wrap. They might be selling souvenirs. In front of the person is a yellow and blue umbrella. In the background stand numerous steles, for which Aksum is known.
Date:
[between 1965 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Gerster, Georg, 1928-
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Axum: Ethiopia

Beautiful... Ethiopia

Description:
A woman wearing a black-and-red dress or shirt appears to be standing in a clothing booth. A metallic gold belt hangs near her, as well as some blue and red patterned cloth, and what appears to be multi-colored scarves are displayed above her head.
Date:
[between 1970 and 1990]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hapte Selassie
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Beautiful... Ethiopia

Smiling Ethiopia

Description:
Poster mainly consists of a young Ethiopian girl's head, smiling at the camera. She is resting her head on her left elbow. She is wearing a blue shirt and her hair is in small braids. Bottom border of the poster is blue-violet.
Date:
[between 1970 and 1990]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hapte Selassie
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Smiling Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Description:
A bare-chested woman adjusts her headbands. She is adorned in ivory, giraffe tail hair, and colorful beads (mainly red and turquoise).
Date:
1965
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Blair, James P.
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 13 months of sunshine

Description:
Two Hamer girls sit, leaning against each other. One is looking towards the left side of the poster, face in profile; the other girl is partially covering her face with her hand, looking at the camera. Both are heavily adorned with jewelry: beaded necklaces, silver and gold bangles, metal arm and leg bands, beaded headbands. They are also wearing some sort of cross-body straps made up of what looks like leather and shells.
Date:
[between 1965 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Ethiopia: 13 months of sunshine

Colorful... Ethiopia

Description:
A woman with long black hair sits in front of plants. She is dressed in red and purple, and wears a gold watch, earrings, and a nose piercing. She also wears a beaded chain on her head. Her chin rests on her left hand, which is propped up on her knee.
Date:
[between 1970 and 1990?]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hapte Selassie
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Colorful... Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Description:
A man is shown from the chest up, facing forward, gaze off to the right side of the poster. His right hand holds a Coptic cross up by his face, along with a bundle of colored cloth. He is wearing a brown hooded robe, along with a yellow turban. His chin rests on his left hand.
Date:
1965
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Blair, James P.
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Description:
Three Hamer women, two with the distinctive tiny dreadlocks of Hamer women, stand facing the right side of the poster. They are wearing a mix of traditional and modern clothing, as well as beaded necklaces, earrings, headbands, and bracelets. Two of them are carrying thin sticks.
Date:
[between 1995 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Metaferia
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Description:
A young woman carries a basket made of sticks full of green and yellow pawpaw fruits. She is smiling and wearing a patterned yellow dress or top.
Date:
[between 1995 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bourguet, Olivier
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Ethiopia

Poster chiefly in Amharic depicting Ustaz Yassin Nuru with a mosque in the background [descriptive]

Description:
Poster appears to advertise an audiovisual work by Ustaz Yassin Nuru and depicts a collage that includes the following: a photograph of Ustaz Yassin Nuru in a taqiyah, button-up shirt, and jacket; a photograph of a mosque; the background consists of light blue and yellow stripes, with black-edged circles on the top left and right.
Date:
[between 2007 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster chiefly in Amharic depicting Ustaz Yassin Nuru with a mosque in the background [descriptive]

Poster in Amharic and Arabic depicting Ustaz Yassin Nuru [descriptive]

Description:
Poster depicts a collage of the following: a large photograph of Ustaz Yassin Nuru, smiling, sitting behind a microphone with his hands clasped, and wearing a taqiyah, jacket, and button-up shirt; five smaller photographs arranged horizontally like a reel of Ustaz Yassin Nuru speaking from behind the microphone; a photograph of four books. The background is purple, with a transparent photograph of Ustaz Yassin Nuru. In the bottom left is a logo that consists of a yellow dove in flight, and a word in Amharic printed in black with a yellow outline.
Date:
[between 2000 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster in Amharic and Arabic depicting Ustaz Yassin Nuru [descriptive]

People disposing of garbage into piles [descriptive]

Description:
Possibly a poster on dumping one's garbage and refuse away from the house or village. Shows several people, some distance from a village or pasture, pouring refuse and manure into piles. There is also a picture of a man digging something up by a water source.
Date:
[2004 or 2005?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
People disposing of garbage into piles [descriptive]

Mannān Velayudhan singing as he plays a naṇduni at the home of Chummar Choondal, Chettupuzha (India), 1984

Description:
Peru Mannān Velayudhan sings with his naṇduni, a two-string chordophone made of jackfruit wood. The location is the verandah of the home of the folklorist Chummar Choondal. His left thumb is stabilized by a red plastic strap attached to the neck of the naṇduni. A blue plastic strap attached to the raised fingerboard marks a playing position. He plucks the twisted string with a plectrum called vayana (sounder). The instrument is conceived as the body of the Goddess. The upper notched bridge arayanam (“that which stops the sound”) and five raised frets are integral to the same thick piece of wood as the rest of the instrument. The scroll is called muti (head), two pegs are called cevi (ears), muti (face), karuttu’ (head), vayaru (stomach), the sides are called ara (buttocks) and the adjustable lower bridge pitham (throne). Velayudhan’s Mannan izhārā variable tension double-headed hourglass membranophone is beside him. The Mannan people are an Ādivāsī indigenous community scheduled tribe (ST) living in the Idukki District of Kerala. A. A. Bake photographed a Mannan naṇduni player in 1938: Album III: 93, 94, 95, 96. But a Bake Tefi recording could not be identified. Perhaps A. A. Bake made a cylinder recording in 1936.
Date:
April 3, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Mannān Velayudhan singing as he plays a naṇduni at the home of Chummar Choondal, Chettupuzha (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Kummāṭṭī Thumbi pāṭṭu “Dragonfly Song” performance, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Kummāṭṭī (Kummattikali) is a mask dance of Kerala. Image of a Kummāṭṭī Thumbi pāṭṭu “Dragonfly Song” performance of a “play song” usually performed in door-to-door processions during Onam. Nayar male teens stand; villu kottu musicians, stand in a circle. Performed by V. P. Paul and party.
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Kummāṭṭī Thumbi pāṭṭu “Dragonfly Song” performance, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Thirayāṭṭam performance with three musicians and a kolam character, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Three musicians, two with membranophones, stand behind a dancing kolam character holding a bamboo stick. Others are visible in the background. A man (Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy?) recording the performance, is on the left foreground. Thirayāṭṭam, "colorful dance," is a divine ritual dance-drama of the South Malabar district in Kerala state that blends dance, drama, songs, instrumental music, masking, and facial and bodily makeup.
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Thirayāṭṭam performance with three musicians and a kolam character, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Thirayāṭṭam performance with two dancing aṅkakkāran (fighter) characters, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Two dancing aṅkakkāran (fighter) characters stand behind the red-draped table with the nilavilakku (lamp). A man's arm holding torch is visible in the foreground. Thirayāṭṭam, "colorful dance," is a divine ritual dance-drama of the South Malabar district in Kerala state that blends dance, drama, songs, instrumental music, masking, and facial and bodily makeup.
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Thirayāṭṭam performance with two dancing aṅkakkāran (fighter) characters, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Thirayāṭṭam performance with two dancing kolam characters, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Two aṅkakkāran (fighter) characters holding sticks face each other dancing. Thirayāṭṭam, "colorful dance," is a divine ritual dance-drama of the South Malabar district in Kerala state that blends dance, drama, songs, instrumental music, masking, and facial and bodily makeup.
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Thirayāṭṭam performance with two dancing kolam characters, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Thirayāṭṭam performance with two dancing kolam characters, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Two kolam (deity) characters holding bamboo sticks face each other dancing. Thirayāṭṭam, "colorful dance," is a divine ritual dance-drama of the South Malabar district in Kerala state that blends dance, drama, songs, instrumental music, masking, and facial and bodily makeup.
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Thirayāṭṭam performance with two dancing kolam characters, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Thirayāṭṭam performance with a dancing kolam character, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
A n aṅkakkāran (fighter)character, seen in profile, dances. Thirayāṭṭam, "colorful dance," is a divine ritual dance-drama of the South Malabar district in Kerala state that blends dance, drama, songs, instrumental music, masking, and facial and bodily makeup.
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Thirayāṭṭam performance with a dancing kolam character, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Malayan Keṭṭu: Pillai Theeni Theyyam - "pregnant" woman hides, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Pillai Theeni Theyyam: A “pregnant” woman hides behind curtain to protect her unborn child from being devoured by the demon. Singers, ceṇḍa (chenda) and smaller viku ceṇḍa drummers and cymbal players perform with the Malayan dancer, drummer and teacher P. K. Panicker (Pallipurattu House, Kizhara PO, Cannanore. Malayan and Panan communities).
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Malayan Keṭṭu: Pillai Theeni Theyyam - "pregnant" woman hides, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Malayan Keṭṭu: Thottam, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Thottam (invocation): A demon dances and plays a maddaḷam horizontal drum as musicians -- playing a horizontal drum, a ceṇḍa (chenda) vertical drum, a smaller viku ceṇḍa, and cymbals -- perform with the Malayan dancer, drummer and teacher P. K. Panicker (Pallipurattu House, Kizhara PO, Cannanore. Malayan and Panan communities).
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Malayan Keṭṭu: Thottam, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Malayan Keṭṭu: Thottam, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Pillai Theeni Theyyam: A “pregnant” woman hides behind a curtain to protect her unborn child from being devoured by the demon. Singers, ceṇḍa (chenda) and smaller viku ceṇḍa drummers and cymbal players perform with the Malayan dancer, drummer and teacher P. K. Panicker (Pallipurattu House, Kizhara PO, Cannanore. Malayan and Panan communities).
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Malayan Keṭṭu: Thottam, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Thirayāṭṭam performance with two dancing aṅkakkāran (fighter) characters, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Two aṅkakkāran (fighter) characters stand behind the red-draped table with the nilavilakku (lamp). They each hold their hands together, holding objects. Thirayāṭṭam, "colorful dance," is a divine ritual dance-drama of the South Malabar district in Kerala state that blends dance, drama, songs, instrumental music, masking, and facial and bodily makeup.
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Thirayāṭṭam performance with two dancing aṅkakkāran (fighter) characters, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Mappila men and boys perform the daf muṭṭikalī circle dance, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Mappila Muslim men and teenage boys perform the daf muṭṭikalī circle dance while playing daf circular frame drums. They wear white Western shirts and bell-bottom trousers. A singer sings Islamic lyrics in Arabi Malayalam, and a standing drummer plays a large daf hanging from his neck (on the right).
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Mappila men and boys perform the daf muṭṭikalī circle dance, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Mappila men and boys perform the daf muṭṭikalī circle dance, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Mappila Muslim men and teenage boys perform the daf muṭṭikalī circle dance while playing daf circular frame drums. They wear white Western shirts and bell-bottom trousers. A singer sings Islamic lyrics in Arabi Malayalam, and a standing drummer plays a large daf hanging from his neck.
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Mappila men and boys perform the daf muṭṭikalī circle dance, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Mappila men and boys perform the daf muṭṭikalī circle dance, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Mappila Muslim men and teenage boys perform the daf muṭṭikalī circle dance while playing daf circular frame drums. They wear white Western shirts and bell-bottom trousers. A singer sings Islamic lyrics in Arabi Malayalam, and a standing drummer plays a large daf hanging from his neck.
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Mappila men and boys perform the daf muṭṭikalī circle dance, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Mappila men and boys perform the daf muṭṭikalī circle dance, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Mappila Muslim men and teenage boys perform the daf muṭṭikalī circle dance while playing daf circular frame drums. They wear white Western shirts and bell-bottom trousers. A singer sings Islamic lyrics in Arabi Malayalam, and a standing drummer plays a large daf hanging from his neck.
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Mappila men and boys perform the daf muṭṭikalī circle dance, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Thirayāṭṭam performance with a dancing aṅkakkāran (fighter) character, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
A lone aṅkakkāran (fighter) character, seen from the side, stands with a torch on the ground behind him. Thirayāṭṭam, "colorful dance," is a divine ritual dance-drama of the South Malabar district in Kerala state that blends dance, drama, songs, instrumental music, masking, and facial and bodily makeup.
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Thirayāṭṭam performance with a dancing aṅkakkāran (fighter) character, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Rakteswari Theyyam - Naga Kali, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Rakteswari Theyyam: Naga Kali. The goddess Rakteswari (Rakteshwari, Rikteswari) is transformed into a triumphant cobra, having eaten the raw eggs. Side view of ritual dancer with enormous twenty (?) foot figure of a cobra made of slats of palm wood attached to his back. The central bamboo “spine” of the cobra extends about 5 feet upwards from the dancer’s head. Two drawings of smaller cobras are attached to the giant upright cobra, as if they are swimming upwards. The figure’s similarity to a penis and scrotum with travelling sperm evokes the ritual’s objective of increasing fertility. Ritual dancer bows forward in a movement that lowers the snake’s mouth to the ground, requiring tremendous strength and psychic preparedness. Ceṇḍa (chenda) drummers drum behind her.
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Rakteswari Theyyam - Naga Kali, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Pulluvan Sarpam pāṭṭu/Sarpam thullal, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Sarpam pāṭṭu (song in honor of the snake god) / thullal (dance that imitates the movement of a snake), a serpent trance healing ritual enactment, with a kalam ritual floor drawing. Pulluvan (men) and Pulluvati (women) musicians sing Pena Pattu “Woman’s Song” (left). A kalam ritual drawing made of colored powders has been prepared on the raised earth platform. The Pulluvan ritualist sits at the base of the kalam (center). Pulluvan and Pulluvati stand at the upper margin of the kalam. The leader is V. P. Bahuleyan.
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Pulluvan Sarpam pāṭṭu/Sarpam thullal, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Rakteswari Theyyam - Naga Kali, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Rakteswari Theyyam: Naga Kali. The goddess Rakteswari (Rakteshwari, Rikteswari) is transformed into a triumphant cobra, having eaten the raw eggs. Side view of ritual dancer with enormous twenty (?) foot figure of a cobra made of slats of palm wood attached to his back. The central bamboo “spine” of the cobra extends about 5 feet upwards from the dancer’s head. Two drawings of smaller cobras are attached to the giant upright cobra, as if they are swimming upwards. The figure’s similarity to a penis and scrotum with travelling sperm evokes the ritual’s objective of increasing fertility. Dancer begins to bow forward in a movement that will eventually lower the snake’s mouth to the ground.
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Rakteswari Theyyam - Naga Kali, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Mudiyeṭṭu mythological dance drama, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Siva Narada episode. The goddess Kali emerges above the curtain. An attendant lights a cotton torch at the oil lamp. Instruments not seen include: vik ceṇḍa (chenda), jālra, kuzhal (double-reed aerophone with straight tube), (generator noise). Pazhur Damodara Marar and party. Musicians: Kuruppanmar Marar.
Date:
April 7, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Mudiyeṭṭu mythological dance drama, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Pulluvan Sarpam pāṭṭu/Sarpam thullal, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Sarpam pāṭṭu (song in honor of the snake god) / thullal (dance that imitates the movement of a snake), a serpent trance healing ritual enactment with a kalam ritual floor drawing. A kalam drawing of a five-headed naga serpent, drawn with colored powders on the pounded earth floor. A pujari sits below drawing of snakes’ heads. Ritual objects including diya oil lamps, coconuts, flowers and supari blossoms adorn the kalam. The leader is V. P. Bahuleyan.
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Pulluvan Sarpam pāṭṭu/Sarpam thullal, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Rakteswari Theyyam - Naga Kali, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Rakteswari Theyyam: Naga Kali. The goddess Rakteswari (Rakteshwari, Rikteswari) is transformed into triumphant cobra, having eaten the raw eggs. Front view of ritual dancer in an altered state of consciousness, with an enormous twenty (?) foot cobra figure made of slats of palm wood attached to his back. The central bamboo “spine” of the cobra extends about 15 feet above the dancer’s head. Three drawings of small cobras are attached to the giant upright cobra, as if they are swimming upwards. The figure’s similarity to a penis and scrotum with travelling sperm-like cobras evokes the ritual’s objective of increasing fertility. Spectators watch.
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Rakteswari Theyyam - Naga Kali, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Pulluvan Sarpam thullal ritual enactment, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Sarpam pāṭṭu (song in honor of the snake god) / thullal (dance that imitates the movement of a snake), a serpent trance healing ritual enactment with a kalam ritual floor drawing. A Kalliasseri Festival Pulluvan ritualist stands near center of the kalam ritual drawing of a five-headed naga serpent and covers his face with areca blossoms. The Leader is V. P. Bahuleyan.
Date:
April 7, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Pulluvan Sarpam thullal ritual enactment, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Rakteswari Theyyam - Naga Kali, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Rakteswari Theyyam: Naga Kali. The goddess Rakteswari (Rakteshwari, Rikteswari) is transformed into a triumphant cobra, having eaten the raw eggs. Front view of ritual dancer with enormous twenty (?) foot figure of a cobra made of slats of palm wood attached to his back. The central bamboo “spine” of the cobra extends about 15 feet upwards from the dancer’s head. Two drawings of smaller cobras are attached to the giant upright cobra, as if they are swimming upwards. The figure’s similarity to a penis and scrotum with travelling sperm evokes the ritual’s objective of increasing fertility.
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Rakteswari Theyyam - Naga Kali, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Cākyār kuthu "Hanuman Pira" narrative, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Cākyār kuthu , a one-man narrative form. “Hanuman Pira” Story of Hanuman performed by P. K. G. Nambiar. This is a one-man monologue storytelling comic genre on the birth and tales of Hanuman (Hanuman pira, Hanuman ouva). The storyteller made fun of shortening names like “Radhakrishnan” (a man’s name) to “Radha” (a woman’s name).
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Cākyār kuthu "Hanuman Pira" narrative, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Padayāni Theyyam ritual mask dance, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Padayāni are a “row of soldiers” sent by Lord Siva at Lord Subrahmanya’s request to cool Goddess Kali’s anger, aroused the previous night during the Mudiyeṭṭu Theyyam when she fought and killed the demon Darika. The “soldiers” imitate the Goddess’ wrath, which causes her to laugh and forget her anger. In this image, Bhairavi: representing the hideous goddess Bhadrakali. A painted kolam mask, enormous crown, breastplate with jutting breasts and triangular waist piece, all made of areca tree laths. Performed by Guru P. K. Madhavan (Pillai) and party.
Date:
April 8, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Padayāni Theyyam ritual mask dance, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Kota musician, Pukali, plays a pulāng (?), Ticgār (Trichagadi, India), 1984

Description:
Kota musician playing a pulāng (?), a small (ca. 10”) bamboo idioglot clarinet pulāng. It is not a bugīr trumpet, which was filmed during this excursion and is about 3 feet long with 6 holes in front and with two integral 2” branch stems. The player looks like B. Kamatn (aka Pukali), according to Richard K. Wolf. Two Kota men stand behind the musician and watch.
Date:
April 13, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Kota musician, Pukali, plays a pulāng (?), Ticgār (Trichagadi, India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Padayāni Theyyam ritual mask dance, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Padayāni are a “row of soldiers” sent by Lord Siva at Lord Subrahmanya’s request to cool Goddess Kali’s anger, aroused the previous night during the Mudiyeṭṭu Theyyam when she fought and killed the demon Darika. The “soldiers” imitate the Goddess’ wrath, which causes her to laugh and forget her anger. In this image, a “soldier” Gaṇapati, with a short dhoti and bare chest. Performed by Guru P. K. Madhavan (Pillai) and party.
Date:
April 8, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Padayāni Theyyam ritual mask dance, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Amma Darabeedha

Description:
Poster appears to be an advertisement for a music recording by Bilisee Karrasaa (Bilo) and depicts a photograph of her wearing a white button-up shirt, smiling, and raising her fists to her torso; a cropped black-and-white version of the same photograph appears in a narrow bar to the left, with a smaller cropped color version of the photograph above it on illustrated steps and overlapping an illustrated starburst.
Date:
[2007?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Amma Darabeedha

Gumaata Sabaa

Description:
At the bottom left is the contact information and logo of Star Music Shop [Mana Muziqaa Histaar?].
Date:
[between 2009 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Gumaata Sabaa

Tasfaayyee Alamuu

Description:
Poster depicts a photomontage of the following: a man with a moustache and goatee, wearing a white and yellow striped button-up shirt and jeans and putting his hands in his jeans; a photograph of the same man wearing a black button-up shirt, white pants, and white sneakers and sitting on a chair in front of a blue backdrop; background is a close-up of woven wicker.
Date:
[2009]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Tasfaayyee Alamuu

Ijaabaasuun kan waaqayyooti

Description:
Poster appears to advertise a music recording and depicts a photograph of a man wearing a denim jacket, jeans, and a striped button-up shirt; at the bottom left is a small photograph of a man in a striped long-sleeved shirt and a man in a light yellow button-up shirt; background is brown with an illustrated treble clef.
Date:
[2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Ijaabaasuun kan waaqayyooti

Fira Ilkaanii Malee

Description:
Poster depicts a photograph of a man in an untucked striped button-up shirt with his thumbs in his pants pockets; the photograph is duplicated, shrunken, reversed, and tinted green in the lower left.
Date:
[2009?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Fira Ilkaanii Malee

Gezahegn Mussie

Description:
Poster depicts a photograph of an eagle radiating purple with a photograph of a cloudy sky in the background; bottom border is purple, with a photograph of Gezahegn Mussie sitting in a recording studio with another man, possibly Fisiha F/Silase.
Date:
[2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Gezahegn Mussie