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Thursday 2 July 2015

more about "THEYYAM"


 

         "Pottan Theyyam" is a vivid, lively and colorful ritualistic dance which comes in
 the traditional art form of theyyam, and is an essential part of the cultural heritage of north 
malabar, a territory comprising the present Kannur district and parts of Calicut and Kasargod 
districts of Kerala, India. It is a form of resistance, symbolizing goodness that would wipe out the
 social evils in the community. The theyyam re-enacts in ritualistic expressions the life of those
 personalities who had laid down their life for a social cause and is termed as a social satire.

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