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D. Balakrishna and his father, Mysore Doreswami Iyyengar, Bangalore (India), 1984

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D. Balakrishna and his father, Mysore Doreswami Iyyengar (Vi. Doresvāmi Ayyaṅgār), play a vīṇā duet at home, located at 51, 4th Main Road.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 17, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 44, Data Sheets, p. 64-70
Date:
March 1, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
D. Balakrishna and his father, Mysore Doreswami Iyyengar, Bangalore (India), 1984

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

Description:
Pulluvan sarpam thullal enactment at the Kalliasseri Theyyam Festival. A Pulluvan priest anoints the trance medium with coconut water, as they stand beside a five-headed serpent’s image, depicted in a kalam ritual drawing made of colored powders. Two Pulluvan musicians play Pulluvan vīṇā bowed fiddle chordophones with udumbu (uṭumpu) monitor lizard skin belly.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 65, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 110, Data Sheets, p. 239
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

Sarpam Thullal Pulluvan Serpent Ritual - O. K. Raman demonstrates a Pulluvan kudam *clay "pot"), Peramangalam (India), 1984

Description:
O. K. Raman, a musician holding a Pulluvan kudam (clay “pot”) variable tension chordophone player during a pause in a Sarpa Thullal serpent ritual. To expose the open mouth (vaya) of his kudam, Raman holds a pink-and-white twisted plastic twine handle (kaluttuvalli) attached to the plastic twine tightening the cow skin head of the kudam. Scholar L. S. Rajagopalan holds a flashlight shining into the kudam’s open mouth. The Pulluvān kudam has a thicker wall than comparable household vessels. Scrimshaw designs encircle the kudam mouth. O. K. Raman sits in a playing position on the pounded earth floor of the ritual area, with both legs bent to the right, holding the kudam’s twisted plastic twine playing string (illampu) taut, with his left calf pressing the wooden board (mumbilapatti) to which the string is attached, via a bamboo tube (kutattin kuzhal) that slides over the end of the wooden board, which his right knee presses. The Sarpam Thullal Pulluvan Serpent Ritual was held at a Sarpa Kaavu (snake grove) in a private home in Peramangalam village.<br>Sarpam Thullal (Dance of Snakes), is a mystical ritual of Kerala performed by a community called “Pullava,” and is performed to appease snake gods and bring prosperity to a family. The songs are called “Pulluvan Pāṭṭu.”<br>Ref: Guillebaud, Christine. Le Chant des Serpents: Musiciens Itinerants du Kerala. Paris: CNRS (2008), p. 68-69.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 55, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 98, Data Sheets, p. 205
Date:
April 2, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Sarpam Thullal Pulluvan Serpent Ritual - O. K. Raman demonstrates a Pulluvan kudam *clay "pot"), Peramangalam (India), 1984

Sarpam Thullal Pulluvan Serpent Ritual - O. K. Raman demonstrates a Pulluvan vīṇā kunju, Peramangalam (India), 1984

Description:
During a break in the annual household Sarpam Thullal Pulluvan Serpent Ritual held at a Sarpa Kaavu (snake grove) in a private home in Peramangalam village, O. K. Raman, the Sarpa Thullal serpent ritual musician, demonstrates a Pulluva vīṇā kunju bowed chordophone. An udumbu (uṭumpu ) monitor lizard skin covers the vīṇā kunju wooden body. >Sarpam Thullal (Dance of Snakes), is a mystical ritual of Kerala performed by a community called “Pullava,” and is performed to appease snake gods and bring prosperity to a family. The songs are called “Pulluvan Pāṭṭu.”<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 55, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 98, Data Sheets, p. 205
Date:
April 2, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Sarpam Thullal Pulluvan Serpent Ritual - O. K. Raman demonstrates a Pulluvan vīṇā kunju, Peramangalam (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Pulluvan pāṭṭu for ritual healing ceremony, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Pulluvan Pena pāṭṭu (“woman’s song”) for a ritual healing ceremony. (Left:) A Pulluvan man taps a kinnam brass bowl resting on a kudam clay pot. (Center:) A Pulluvan boy sings and plays a small Pulluvan kudam variable-tension chordophone, with a clay pot resonator, while leading five Pulluvan singers. (Right:) A second Pulluvan man plays a Pulluvān kudam variable-tension chordophone, with clay pot resonator. Two Pulluvatis (Pulluvan women) sing behind them. One is playing jālra bronze cymbals. The group leader is A.C. Narayanan Vaidyar (Arayalin Chalil House, Kuppam PO, Kannur).<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 65, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 110, Data Sheets, p. 236
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Pulluvan pāṭṭu for ritual healing ceremony, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Pulluvan pāṭṭu for ritual healing ceremony, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Pulluvan Pena pāṭṭu (“woman’s song”) for a ritual healing ceremony. (Left:) A Pulluvan man taps a kinnam brass bowl resting on a kudam clay pot. (Center:) A Pulluvan boy plays a small Pulluvan kudam variable-tension chordophone, with clay pot resonator, while leading five Pulluvan singers. (Right:) A second Pulluvan man plays a Pulluvān kudam variable-tension chordophone, with clay pot resonator. Two Pulluvatis (Pulluvan women) sing behind them. One is playing jālra bronze cymbals. The group leader is A.C. Narayanan Vaidyar (Arayalin Chalil House, Kuppam PO Kannur).<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 65, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 110, Data Sheets, p. 236
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Pulluvan pāṭṭu for ritual healing ceremony, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Villupāttu (bow song) ensemble, Achankulam (India : Village), 1984

Description:
Villupāttu (bow song) ensemble Sivalingam Nadar ("Lord Shiva's Power Nadars) of the Nadar community, from Sedupati (7 members) -- during the performance of the story of Kalasami. Front row, from left: Pichai Thangam (lead singer and striker of bowstring “vil” holding beaters “visukkol” using twirling and dance-like arm gestures); Meenakshi (second singer and player of wooden clappers); Lingaswami (male singer, strikes side of clay pot with finger ring and opening of clay pot with flat areca nut sheath). Back row, from left: Selappan Kumaraswami (guru of the group); Kaimani (cymbal player); Tangam Nadar uḍukku player); Ayyappan Chettiar (strikes steady pulse on wooden blocks “kattai”). The ensemble had just completed performing the Shasta story, as it was Shasta's (Ayappa's) birthday. Two microphones are in the foreground. Performed at the Ayyappan (Shasta) Temple.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 29, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 64, Data Sheets, p. 142
Date:
March 14, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Villupāttu (bow song) ensemble, Achankulam (India : Village), 1984

Sarpam Thullal Pulluvan Serpent Ritual - O. K. Raman holding a Pulluvan vīṇā kunju, Peramangalam (India), 1984

Description:
O. K. Raman, a seated musician holding a vīṇā kunju (or "Pulluvan vīṇā") at the Sarpa Thullal serpent ritual. This instrument is a bowed lute chordophone and the photo offers a side and rear view of the instrument and the bow vinakol. This instrument “sings” songs and “speaks” the oracle’s question and answers, until the serpent deity is satisfied. The bow, about two feet long, is made of areca nut palm wood. Its single string is made of the medicinal chittamrithu vine (Tinospora cordifolia), attached to peg sankiri. The frog is made of silver. Cords radiate from the center of the wooden body’s back, to stretch the udumbu (uṭumpu) monitor lizard skin over the face of the body. The event is the annual household Sarpam Thullal Pulluvan Serpent Ritual held at a Sarpa Kaavu (snake grove) in a private home in Peramangalam village.<br>Sarpam Thullal (Dance of Snakes), is a mystical ritual of Kerala performed by a community called “Pullava,” and is performed to appease snake gods and bring prosperity to a family. The songs are called “Pulluvan Pāṭṭu.”<br>Ref: Rajagopalan 1980: p. 78.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84):Bake Restudy Notes, p. 55, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 98, Data Sheets, p. 205
Date:
April 2, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Sarpam Thullal Pulluvan Serpent Ritual - O. K. Raman holding a Pulluvan vīṇā kunju, Peramangalam (India), 1984

Sarpam Thullal Pulluvan Serpent Ritual - O. K. Raman holding a Pulluvan vīṇā kunju, Peramangalam (India), 1984

Description:
O. K. Raman, a seated musician holding a vīṇā kunju (or "Pulluvan vīṇā") at the Sarpa Thullal serpent ritual. This instrument is a bowed lute chordophone; the photo offers a rear view of the instrument and bow. This instrument “sings” songs and “speaks” the oracle’s question and answers, until the serpent deity is satisfied. The bow, about two feet long, is made of areca nut palm wood. String is made of medicinal vine chittamrithu (Tinospora cordifolia). The head (kutuma) contains colophane gum rosin arpusu. Cords radiate from the center of the wooden body’s back, to stretch the udumbu (uṭumpu) monitor lizard skin over the face of the body. At an annual household Sarpam Thullal Pulluvan Serpent Ritual held at a Sarpa Kaavu (snake grove) in a private home in Peramangalam village.<br>Sarpam Thullal (Dance of Snakes), is a mystical ritual of Kerala performed by a community called “Pullava,” and is performed to appease snake gods and bring prosperity to a family. The songs are called “Pulluvan Pāṭṭu.”<br>Ref: Rajagopalan 1980: p. 78.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 55, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 98, Data Sheets, p. 205
Date:
April 2, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Sarpam Thullal Pulluvan Serpent Ritual - O. K. Raman holding a Pulluvan vīṇā kunju, Peramangalam (India), 1984

Ona Villu Kottu - demonstration performance of Ona Villu Kottu at the Casino Hotel, Thrissur (India), 1984

Description:
Demonstration performance of Ona Villu Kottu (Onam Bow Play) at the Casino Hotel. the Ona Villu Kottu is performed annually the Onam festival for Kummāṭṭī (Kummatti) Kali, the “Grass Dance” in which masked actors wear leaves of the kummāṭṭī gourd plant. Villu played by six Nair boys for four masked dancers, without the kummāṭṭī leaves. Group manager: Mr. V. P. Paul, Sahitya Akademi.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 54, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 97, Data Sheets, p. 203
Date:
April 2, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Ona Villu Kottu - demonstration performance of Ona Villu Kottu at the Casino Hotel, Thrissur (India), 1984