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Sodi burra, instrument of the Yerukala (?) people, Hyderabad (India), 1963

Description:
Sodi burra, a 1-string stick zither with a resonator, a fortune telling instrument. The danda (neck) is of bamboo, the tuning peg is of wood, the string is attached to a nail, and the resonator is of dried pumpkin gourd. Instrument of the Yerukala (Parigamuggula Erukula) people (?). Possession of the Tribal Cultural Research and Training Institute.
Date:
December 21, 1963
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Sodi burra, instrument of the Yerukala (?) people, Hyderabad (India), 1963

Ottan Thullal - B. C. Balachandar performs, Ayamkudy (India), 1984

Description:
Dancer B. C. Balachandar performs an episode from the Ottan Thullal solo dance drama Kalyana Sougandhikam (“Auspicious Fragrant Lily”). Musicians are behind him: a musician playing a mṛdaṅgam, a barrel shaped double-headed membranophone (seated, left), a singer and shruti peti musician (seated, center), a singer playing kai mani/jālra / taḷām cymbals (seated, right), a musician with an uḍukku variable tension hourglass drum (standing, right). Village children begin to appear to watch. Blurry shot due to camera movement.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 45, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 84, Data Sheets, p. 187-188
Date:
March 27, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Ottan Thullal - B. C. Balachandar performs, Ayamkudy (India), 1984

Ottan Thullal - B. C. Balachandar performs, Ayamkudy (India), 1984

Description:
Dancer B. C. Balachandar performs an episode from the Ottan Thullal solo dance drama Kalyana Sougandhikam (“Auspicious Fragrant Lily”). Musicians are behind him: a musician playing a mṛdaṅgam, a barrel shaped double-headed membranophone (seated, left), a singer and shruti peti musician (seated, center), a singer playing kai mani/jālra / taḷām cymbals (seated, right), a musician with an uḍukku variable tension hourglass drum (standing, right). Village children begin to appear to watch. Blurry shot due to camera movement.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 44-45, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 84, Data Sheets, p. 187-188
Date:
March 27, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Ottan Thullal - B. C. Balachandar performs, Ayamkudy (India), 1984

Ottan Thullal - B. C. Balachandar performs, Ayamkudy (India), 1984

Description:
Dancer B. C. Balachandar performs an episode from the Ottan Thullal solo dance drama Kalyana Sougandhikam (“Auspicious Fragrant Lily”). Musicians are behind him: a musician playing a mṛdaṅgam, a barrel shaped double-headed membranophone (seated, left), a singer and shruti peti musician (seated, center), a singer playing kai mani/jālra / taḷām cymbals (seated, right), a musician with an uḍukku variable tension hourglass drum (standing, right). Village children begin to appear to watch. Blurry shot due to camera movement.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 45, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 84, Data Sheets, p. 187-188
Date:
March 27, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Ottan Thullal - B. C. Balachandar performs, Ayamkudy (India), 1984

Ottan Thullal - B. C. Balachandar performs, Ayamkudy (India), 1984

Description:
Dancer B. C. Balachandar performs an episode from the Ottan Thullal solo dance drama Kalyana Sougandhikam (“Auspicious Fragrant Lily”).Musicians are behind him: a musician playing a mṛdaṅgam, a barrel shaped double-headed membranophone (seated, left), a singer and shruti peti musician (seated, center), a singer playing kai mani/jālra / taḷām cymbals (seated, right), a musician with an uḍukku variable tension hourglass drum (standing, right). Village children begin to appear to watch. Blurry shot due to camera movement.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 45, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 84, Data Sheets, p. 187-188
Date:
March 27, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Ottan Thullal - B. C. Balachandar performs, Ayamkudy (India), 1984

Mannan man, Perumal, dances at a festival of the Mannan Ādivāsī people, Mannakudi (Tamil Nadu, India), 1984

Description:
Mannan men dance beside Perumal (Mannan man), who dances wearing a floral garland, dressed in a pink floral half-sari, a white choli, an orange shrug, and a pink headband with a flower in the center. Behind him, a Mannan man bends forward and plays a maddaḷam, a barrel-shaped membranophone. The event is a festival of the Mannan Ādivāsī people with dance and music. The festival was held in honor of the goddess Madurai Minatci, and/or Kannaki and Kovalan (the heroine and hero of the Silappadikaram, a semi-legendary Hindu-Jain Tamil epic poem). The village of Mannankudi is near Kumili, which is 5 km from Thekkady.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 38, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 77, Data Sheets, p. 161-166
Date:
March 23, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Mannan man, Perumal, dances at a festival of the Mannan Ādivāsī people, Mannakudi (Tamil Nadu, India), 1984

Ottan Thullal - a dresser adjusts the costume of dancer B. C. Balachandar, for his performance of Kalyana Sougandhikam, Ayamkudy (India), 1984

Description:
A dresser adjusts the costume of dancer B. C. Balachandar for his performance of Kalyana Sougandhikam (“Auspicious Fragrant Lily”), an Ottan Thullal solo dance drama. It is similar to the “Rukmini Swayamvaram” Ottan Thullal recorded by A. A. Bake (Tefi 27.5) in Kottayam on 22 March 1938.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 45, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 84, Data Sheets, p. 187-188
Date:
March 27, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Ottan Thullal - a dresser adjusts the costume of dancer B. C. Balachandar, for his performance of Kalyana Sougandhikam, Ayamkudy (India), 1984

Ottan Thullal - a dresser finishes the costume of Ottan Thullal dancer B. C. Balachandar, for his performance of Kalyana Sougandhikam, Ayamkudy (India), 1984

Description:
A dresser finishes the costume of Ottan Thullal dancer B. C. Balachandar for his performance of Kalyana Sougandhikam (“Auspicious Fragrant Lily”), a solo dance drama, recorded by A. A. Bake (Tefi 27.5) in Kottayam on 22 March 1938.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 45, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 84, Data Sheets, p. 187-188
Date:
March 27, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Ottan Thullal - a dresser finishes the costume of Ottan Thullal dancer B. C. Balachandar, for his performance of Kalyana Sougandhikam, Ayamkudy (India), 1984

Urali family in front of their home, Vandiperiyar (India), 1984

Description:
A Urali man and his family with wife and children stand in front of their thatched and insulated home. Two of the women, Rehmani and Rajamma sang a Urali lullaby and “Tindodi,” a mother’s song about her adolescent daughter with brother-in-law Prasad’s help. The location is the Vancivayal Koledi Colony, in the vicinity of Vandiperiyar.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 39 (translation), Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 78, Data Sheets, p. 173-174
Date:
March 24, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Urali family in front of their home, Vandiperiyar (India), 1984

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

Description:
Characters: (center) Marikkalivan, with a crown, headdress and face paint; (left) Marikkalichi, his wife; (right) and Marikkuliyan (or "Maripottan"), an incarnation of fierce form of Lord Shiva, with a wooden mask and staff. Round spots painted on the skin of Marikkalichi probably represent the diseases of the rainy season which the ritual seeks to eradicate and sweep to the ocean. The "haystack" costumes are made from kuruthola (coconut palm leaves). Maritheyyam is a ritual mask dance drama and kind of theyyam performed by the Pulaya community. "Theyyam" could come from the word "daivam" which in Malayalam means god, and "attam" meaning "dance." This genre of theyyam comes from Madayi area of Kannur District in Kerala. Performed by N. Kanjan Pujari and party.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 67, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 110, Data Sheets, p. 251
Date:
April 8, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Maritheyyam (Mariyāṭṭam) ritual mask dance, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

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

Description:
Pulluvan sarpam thullal ritual enactment at the Kalliasseri Theyyam Festival. Two Pulluvan musicians play Pulluvan vīṇā bowed fiddle chordophones with udumbu (uṭumpu) monitor lizard skin bellies (left and right). One Pulluvan musician plays a Pulluvan kudam variable tension chordophone with a clay pot resonator (center). 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
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 - 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. <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 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 - 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.<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 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 - Thirayāṭṭam performance with two kolam characters, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Two aṅkakkāran (fighter) characters with bamboo sticks perform. A man holding a torch, and a table with a nilavilakku (lamp) are in the foreground. Musicians with membranophones are in the background. 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.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 62, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 107, Data Sheets, p. 223
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 kolam characters, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Chummar Choondal and residents of his village, Chettupuzha (India), 1984

Description:
Chummar Choondal, in a blue shirt, poses for a group portrait with and the residents of a Choondal Village, with the children lined up in the front.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 58, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 104, Data Sheets, p. 210-214
Date:
April 3, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Chummar Choondal and residents of his village, Chettupuzha (India), 1984

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

Description:
Rakteswari Theyyam: Naga Kali. The goddess Rakteswari (Rakteshwari, Rikteswari) with a cobra image on crown and areca blossoms in her hands, dancing wildly. Ceṇḍa (chenda) drummers are in the background. <br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84):Bake Restudy Notes, p. 64, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 110, Data Sheets, p. 232-235
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 - Rakteswari Theyyam - Naga Kali, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Rakteswari Theyyam: Naga Kali. The goddess Rakteswari (Rakteshwari, Rikteswari) with a cobra image on crown and areca blossoms in her hands. Men in dhotis restrain her wrists to reduce her destructive fury, and hold the log pedestal to prevent her from falling. <br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 64, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 110, Data Sheets, p. 232-235
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

Ottan Thullal - B. C. Balachandar opens his performance, Ayamkudy (India), 1984

Description:
Dancer B. C. Balachandar performs an episode from the Ottan Thullal solo dance drama Kalyana Sougandhikam (“Auspicious Fragrant Lily”). Musicians are behind him: a musician playing a mṛdaṅgam, a barrel shaped double-headed membranophone (seated, left), a singer and shruti peti musician (seated, center), a singer playing kai mani/jālra / taḷām cymbals (seated, right), a musician with an uḍukku variable tension hourglass drum (standing, right). <br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 45, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 84, Data Sheets, p. 187-188
Date:
March 27, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Ottan Thullal - B. C. Balachandar opens his performance, Ayamkudy (India), 1984

Ottan Thullal - B. C. Balachandar performs, Ayamkudy (India), 1984

Description:
Dancer B. C. Balachandar performs an episode from the Ottan Thullal solo dance drama Kalyana Sougandhikam (“Auspicious Fragrant Lily”). Musicians are behind him: a musician playing a mṛdaṅgam, a barrel shaped double-headed membranophone (seated, left), a singer and shruti peti musician (seated, center), a singer playing kai mani/jālra / taḷām cymbals (seated, right), a musician with an uḍukku variable tension hourglass drum (standing, right). Blurry shot due to camera movement.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 45, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 84, Data Sheets, p. 187-188
Date:
March 27, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Ottan Thullal - B. C. Balachandar performs, Ayamkudy (India), 1984

Thankappan Nair sings a Parayan Thullal genre dance drama song, Ayamkudy (India), 1984

Description:
After listening to the A. A. Bake 1938 recording (Tefi 27.6), identified as a Parayan Thullal genre dance drama song from “Pulundhi Moksham” written by Kunjan Nambiar about an Ādivāsī couple sung by two singers, thullal musicians perform the same song for the field researchers to record on PCM. Right, seated: Thankappan Nair, lead singer. Center, standing: uḍukku variable tension hourglass drum player. Second singer using book to sing lyrics. Center: B. C. Balachandar, thullal dancer. Location: Ayamkudy village, Kottayam District, Kerala.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 45, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 84, Data Sheets, p. 187-188
Date:
March 27, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Thankappan Nair sings a Parayan Thullal genre dance drama song, Ayamkudy (India), 1984

Thankappan Nair sings a Parayan Thullal genre dance drama song, Ayamkudy (India), 1984

Description:
After listening to the A. A. Bake 1938 recording (Tefi 27.6) identified as a Parayan Thullal genre dance drama song from “Pulundhi Moksham” written by Kunjan Nambiar about an Ādivāsī couple sung by two singers, thullal musicians perform the same song for the field researchers to record on PCM. Right, seated: Thankappan Nair, lead singer. Center, standing: uḍukku variable tension hourglass drum player. Second singer using book to sing lyrics. Center: B. C. Balachandar, thullal dancer. Location: Ayamkudy village, Kottayam District, Kerala.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 45, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 84, Data Sheets, p. 187-188
Date:
March 27, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Thankappan Nair sings a Parayan Thullal genre dance drama song, Ayamkudy (India), 1984

Villupāttu event - Nadar man prepares a fire for a manjal nirattam trance ritual at the Ayyappan Temple, Achankulam (India : Village), 1984

Description:
A young Nadar man squats in front of villupattu performers to prepare a fire pit, clay pot, and water to boil. This portion of the day’s ritual concerns the Kalasami story. At the Ayyappan (Shasta) Temple.<br>Ref: Blackburn, Stuart Hart. Performance as Paradigm: The Tamil Bow Song Tradition (1980).<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 event - Nadar man prepares a fire for a manjal nirattam trance ritual at the Ayyappan Temple, Achankulam (India : Village), 1984

Ottan Thullal - cotton strips for a dancer's costume, Ayamkudy (India), 1984

Description:
Preparation of stiffly starched strips of white cotton for an Ottan Thullal ("running dance") costume in the garden of the dancer B. C. Balachandar.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 45, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 84, Data Sheets, p. 187-188
Date:
March 27, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Ottan Thullal - cotton strips for a dancer's costume, Ayamkudy (India), 1984

Om Periyaswamy dance troupe - Karakāṭṭam dance performed with hoops and balanced pots, Madurai (India), 1984

Description:
Karakāṭṭam dance, an acrobatic dance performed with pots balanced on the head, and hoops, in praise of the rain goddess Mariamman. Om Periyaswamy's son (?) and two younger dancers perform a dance with hoops decorated with frills, while balancing pots, trays of roses, and parrots on their heads. At the TamilNadu Hotel.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 28, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 61, Data Sheets, p. 119-131
Date:
March 14, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Om Periyaswamy dance troupe - Karakāṭṭam dance performed with hoops and balanced pots, Madurai (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

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

Description:
Introduction to Mari Theyyam, a healing exorcism ritual of the Pulayars community. The song on the origin of the instrument tudi is performed by percussion musicians in a procession to the stage, including a musician playing a chengila bronze gong, and a musician playing a tudi variable tension hourglass drum, using a curving stick. Dark and out of focus image. Performed by N. Kanhan Pujari and party.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 67, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 110, Data Sheets, p. 251
Date:
April 8, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Maritheyyam (Mariyāṭṭam) ritual mask dance, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Poraṭṭu Nāṭakam: Malayalam/Tamil drama/satire, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
A Poraṭṭu Nāṭakam of the Panan community (Palakkad District, Kerala). A Chettichi woman in peach-colored sari (played by male actor) stands in center stage, having left her husband in the story. A clown character in a woman’s blouse, shorts, and tights listens and reacts to her story. Two musicians stand behind them, playing jālra bronze cymbals and responding. Two musicians sit on a table further behind them, playing mṛdaṅgam or ḍholak and ceṇḍa (chenda) (not seen).<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 66, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 110, Data Sheets, p. 242
Date:
April 7, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Poraṭṭu Nāṭakam: Malayalam/Tamil drama/satire, 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, a pakṣi bird with a short dhoti, a bare chest, and a birdlike mask with green beak, arms has “wings” of bamboo spines with palm leaves. Performed by Guru P. K. Madhavan (Pillai) and party.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 67, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 110, Data Sheets, p. 252-259
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

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

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The goddess Kali surrounded by ceṇḍa (chenda) player during a part of the performance that took place among members of the audience. The explosion of fire was created by the practice of thelli eriyal--throwing pine resin on a lit torch. Pazhur Damodara Marar and party. Musicians: Kuruppanmar Marar. 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
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 - Rakteswari Theyyam - Naga Kali, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

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Rakteswari Theyyam: Naga Kali. The goddess Rakteswari (Rakteshwari, Rikteswari), with a cobra image on crown, rises to her knees after devouring ten raw eggs, her face smeared with egg. Ceṇḍa (chenda) drummers drum behind her.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 64, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 110, Data Sheets, p. 232-235
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 - Darika-Danavendra: two male dancers collude to fight Kali, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Rakteswari (Rakteshwari, Rikteswari) Theyyam: Darika-Danavendra. Two crowned and bearded male theyyam dancers in military stance to show determination to fight Kali.<br>Ref: G. Venu. Puppetry and Lesser Known Dance Traditions of Kerala, p. 46-47. <br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 64, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 110, Data Sheets, p. 232-235
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Darika-Danavendra: two male dancers collude to fight Kali, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

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

Description:
Rakteswari Theyyam: Naga Kali. The goddess Rakteswari (Rakteshwari, Rikteswari) stands while being fitted to enormous twenty (?) foot figure of a cobra figure made of slats of palm wood attached to his back by three men. The central “spine” of the cobra is made of a single piece of bamboo (?). Spectators watch.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 64, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 110, Data Sheets, p. 232-235
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

Om Periyaswamy dance troupe - Madurai Om Periyaswamy wears a poikkal kuthirai costume, Madurai (India), 1984

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Madurai Om Periyaswamy in costume for the a poikkal kuthirai aattam dance, wearing a “false leg horse” or "dummy-horse” costume, made of paper maché type material, elegantly caparisoned, and draped with South Indian block print textile skirt hiding the dancer’s bare feet. He wears a decorated red turban, blue silk kurta and golden jacket, flower garlands, and holds a wooden spear in his right hand. Conai, left, holds urumbi (urummi, uṟumi) double-headed variable tension membranophone with one curved stick in his right hand, and Venkatesan holds a tavil double-headed membranophone held in playing position with both sticks visible, and dancers, listen intently. Two karagam atta pot dancers stand at left. Each balances five decorated clay pots stacked on their heads: young woman balances an angel figure atop her pots, young man (probably son of Om Periyaswamy) balances a parrot figure atop his pots. At the TamilNadu Hotel.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 28, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 61, Data Sheets, p. 119-131
Date:
March 14, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Om Periyaswamy dance troupe - Madurai Om Periyaswamy wears a poikkal kuthirai costume, Madurai (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 (“pot”) variable tension chordophone player during a Sarpa Thullal serpent ritual. He is seated on the pounded earthen floor with both legs bent to his right side. The large clay pot rests on his left thigh. A twisted plastic cord stretches between the leather lacing around the pot and the end of a two foot long wooden board (mumbilapatti) and bamboo tube (kutattin kuzhal) held tightly under his left shin. His right hand and his left arm support the pot, varying the tension on the string to create semi-melodic indefinite pitches. 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. (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

Om Periyaswamy dance troupe - Madurai Om Periyaswamy wears a poikkal kuthirai costume, Madurai (India), 1984

Description:
Madurai Om Periyaswamy in costume for the a poikkal kuthirai aattam dance, wearing a “false leg horse dance” or "dummy horse dance” in a costume made of paper maché type material, elegantly caparisoned, and draped with a South Indian block print textile skirt swinging with the dancer’s movements and hiding the dancer’s bare feet. One of two wooden feet is visible, tied to the dancer’s feet to create clacking sounds that resemble the sound of a horse’s hooves. The dancer wears a decorated red turban, a blue silk kurta and golden jacket, flower garlands, and holds a wooden spear in his right hand. At the TamilNadu Hotel.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 28, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 61, Data Sheets, p. 119-131
Date:
March 14, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Om Periyaswamy dance troupe - Madurai Om Periyaswamy wears a poikkal kuthirai costume, Madurai (India), 1984