Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Kummattikali or Kummatti Kali is the famous colorful mask-dance of Kerala, prevalent in Thrissur District, Palakkad District and parts of South Malabar. During the festival of Onam, Kummattikali performers move from house to house collecting small gifts and entertaining people. Kummatti dances are rampant in the Thrissur district during Onam.
Drishti Bommai refers to a traditional practice in southern India, where a fearsome-looking doll or another object is used as a protective measure against the evil eye. . This practice is deeply rooted in local beliefs and superstitions concerning the evil eye, which is thought to bring harm, misfortune, or destruction through a malevolent
While archeological evidence points to hominids inhabiting the Tamil Nadu region nearly 400 millennia ago, it has been inhabited by modern humans for at least 3,800 years. [1] [2] [3] Tamilakam was the region consisting of the southern part of the Indian Subcontinent including the present day state of Tamil Nadu and was inhabited by the ancient Tamil people. [4]
A ceremonial dance involving masks, it is an ancient ritual performed in Bhagavati temples. [2] The dance is performed in honor of Bhadrakaali . [ 3 ] Meaning, a 'row of warriors', Padayani is an art form that blends all music, dance, theatre, satire, facial masks, and paintings.
Kavadi (meaning "burden" in Tamil) consists of two semicircular pieces of wood or steel which are bent and attached to a cross structure that can be balanced on the shoulders of the carrier and decorated with flowers and peacock feathers. By bearing the kavadi, the dancer implores the gods for assistance as a means of balancing a spiritual debt.
Kirtimukha at Kasivisvesvara Temple at Lakkundi, Gadag district, Karnataka, India. Kirtimukha (Sanskrit: कीर्तिमुख , kīrtimukha, also kīrttimukha, a bahuvrihi compound translating to "glorious face") is the name of a swallowing fierce monster face with huge fangs, and gaping mouth, very common in the iconography of Hindu temple architecture in India and Southeast Asia, and ...
Chhau is a dance style originating from the regions of East India. [4] It may have been derived from Sanskrit Chāya (shadow, image or mask). [3] [5] Others link it to the Sanskrit root Chadma (disguise), yet others such as Sitakant Mahapatra suggest it is derived from Chhauni (military camp, armour, stealth) in Odia language.
The performance language uses Tamil, Sanskrit and Malayalam words. Like Mudiyettu and Patayani , Tholpavakoothu is also an art form that is dedicated to Bhadrakali in Kerala. According to legend, Tholpavakoothu was performed at the request of Bhadrakali who could not witness Ravana's killing as she was fighting the demon Darika .