During the Koodiyattam (Battle), Kali is next to the stool after Koyimpata Nayar returned her crown to her. Ceṇḍa (chenda) and maddaḷam musicians play. During "Siva Narada" (Mudiyeṭṭu ritual dance drama). Pazhur Damodara Marar and party. Musicians: Kuruppanmar Marar.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 66, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 110, Data Sheets, p. 240-241
During the Koodiyattam (Battle), Kali is next to the stool after Koyimpata Nayar returned her crown to her. Ceṇḍa (chenda) and maddaḷam musicians play. During "Siva Narada" (Mudiyeṭṭu ritual dance drama). Pazhur Damodara Marar and party. Musicians: Kuruppanmar Marar.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 66, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 110, Data Sheets, p. 240-241
During the Koodiyattam (Battle), Kali is seated on the stool after Koyimpata Nayar removed her crown. Ceṇḍa (chenda) and maddaḷam musicians play. During "Shiva Narada" (Mudiyeṭṭu ritual dance drama). Pazhur Damodara Marar and party. Musicians: Kuruppanmar Marar.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 66, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 110, Data Sheets, p. 240-241
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.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 65, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 110, Data Sheets, p. 239
Pulluvan sarpam thullal (“serpent dance” ritual) enactment at the Kalliasseri Theyyam Festival. A family of Pulluvans, after the possessing spirit had departed from their bodies, fainted on the mat beside the naga kalam they have destroyed/absorbed/merged with.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 65, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 110, Data Sheets, p. 239
Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy (center left); Umashankar Mantravadi, Bake Restudy team member; and others beside the partly loaded jeep at the entrance to the Archives and Research Center for Ethnomusicology, on the premises of the American Institute of Indian Studies at Deccan College.
Jāgran (Vāghyā Muralī)--Inauguration of the Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology. Behind the mandhab, Mānik Bāī gestures and holds a tuṇtuṇe, and a musician sings and plays jālra, during a Jāgran (Hindu ritual): Vāghyā Muralī Jāgran – Marathi devotional ritual music to Hindu deity Khaṇḍobā Goddess Amba. A flame and objects are on the left.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Data Sheets, p. 1-2
In an open area in the village, from the left: Karutta Kannan (pambai), A. K. Ganesan (tavil), I. P. Kurusāmi (nāgasvaram), M. Raman (tavil), and Kurusāmi (urumbi (urummi, uṟumi) player). Nāiyāndī Mēḷam ensemble (also known as Periya Nayanam ensemble; Kaliyappan Mela Cettu, Uṟumi Mēḷam).<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 27, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 59, Data Sheets, p. 87-95
Kalpana Bandiwdekar, Archive Assistant at the Archives and Research Center for Ethnomusicology (left), and Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy at the Archives and Research Center for Ethnomusicology, on the premises of the American Institute of Indian Studies.
Gondhal ceremony)--Inauguration of the Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology. An offering prepared for a Jāgran (Hindu ritual): Vāghyā Muralī Jāgran – Marathi devotional ritual music to Hindu deity Khaṇḍobā and Goddess Amba. A mandhab of sugar cane sticks tied together in a tent structure and decorated with garlands of flowers, frames a draped plank on which are two kalash with coconuts, and fruit. A striped cloth or rug is behind the mandhab. In an outdoor location enclosed by a building and a wall.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Data Sheets, p. 1-2
