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Wordless Wednesday: Intense Expressions, untold stories…
Author: Sreejith Nair
I am from the south indian state of kerala, and now living in Bangalore.
My passion is travelling and photography.
Poorotsavam: A Unique Festival in North Kerala
Summer months in North Kerala is the time of festivals. If you are ready to brave the hot and humid conditions, ready to burn midnight oil, you will be rewarded with the best of experiences …
Poorotsavam is yet another unique festival celebrated in Northern Kerala to invoke the blessings of lord Kamadeva (Cupid) by young girls.
It’s a nine day festival and on the last day, a flower carpet is created with locally collected flowers. Velichappad or Pothi, a possessed one, visits houses and blesses devotees.
There are many other rituals and dance forms associated with Pooram (Poorotsavam) during all these days and the ambience is filled with sounds, lights and the fragrance of flowers…
Have a look at some of the images from this festival and thank you for your time π
The Story Behind: Vishnumurthy Thottam
I have countless posts on Theyyams here, but none on the ‘Thottam Pattu’…
Each Theyyam performance is preceded by it’s Thottam, where the theyyam artist, with minimal make up, recites the story of theyyam.
Vishnumurthy theyyam is one of the most important and common theyyam performed as it’s based on lord Vishnu’s fourth avatar (incarnation), Narasimha.
The performance is so intense that, we get the true intensity of violence as the story unfolds.
The story is enacted on the following day without any recitation but with the rhythmic drum beats manipulating each step of the theyyam …
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The story behind: Theyyam Makeup
Welcome to the ‘Mystic North Kerala’…
We are in the middle of yet another Theyyam season, vibrant days and nights… filled to the brim with drum beats and saturated colors.
Sleepless nights are well compensated by the divine dance of the Theyyams …
Theyyam make up is always interesting as it’s very much part of the transformation process, in which meager mortals become immortals, though, for a few hours.
Let me share a few images which I captured last week, while organizing a festival tour for our wonderful guests from Germany, Hans and Lilo.
