Teyyam Dance 2024 Kannur district-Kerala
Kannur the place in North Kerala is proud of being one of the leading places which gives more importance to folk arts and preserving traditional and ancient cultures.
Ancient art is nothing but our day-to-day life. It is believed that art was their life’s gratification, so it is tough to single out folk art from their routine life.
Theyyam, a colorful ritual dance of Kerala that attributes great importance to the worship of heroes and ancestral spirits, is a sociolect-religious ceremony.
Theyyam festival is usually held from October to May every year. The colorful pageantry, the enthusiastic crowd, and the religious favor are all worth witnessing. Every village in North Kerala was bound to perform it in connection with the local shrine
Theyyam celebration happening not only with the fire at night. But so many other rituals lined up in the daytime also
It is a unique combination of dance music and also reflects the main features of a tribal culture
The male members perform Theyyam except “Devakkooth Theyyam” in Thekkumbad, the only Theyyam deity performed by a lady.
