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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