The Teyyam Kettu of Northern Kerala
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8918459 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wayne Ashley (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 99-112 |
| Publication date | 1979-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Drama Review TDR (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-5962 • E-ISSN: 2326-2060 |
| Publisher | The MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1145219 |
| OpenAlex | W2803036884 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
Slaughtered goats are scattered everywhere, lying in pools of blood outside the temple compound. Decapitated chickens have been thrown together in large separate piles. The god Karin Camundi's mask lies discarded atop one of the mounds of carcasses, soaked with blood and feathers. The paint is soiled and the image of the god has begun to blur. There are no drums, no firecrackers. It is predawn, and the only light is a faint blue glow. Some of the sacrificial goats hanging from trees are being skinned and prepared for selling. The temple grounds are empty after the previous night's festivities, when hundreds of anxious spectators crowded together, pressing to catch a glimpse of their god gulping down blood of the sacrificial animals. The flies come with the day. This is the aftermath of one of the bloodiest performances of teyyam kettu —a highly structured ritual folk performance in the Cannanore District, Kerala State, Southwestern India
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Biology · Feather · Geography · Visual arts · Zoology · History · Indian History and Philosophy · South Asian Cinema and Culture · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
Theyyam
Divine and Disadvantaged
Ritual
Globalizing India
Reimagining folk media
A post-colonial instance in globalized North Malabar
Feasting Ritually
Representing Feminine Divinity
Gods, Groves and the Culture of Nature in Kerala
Gods and the Oppressed
When Theatre Makes the Ritual Work Imitation, Materialization and Reactualization in the Malayali Ritual Theatre Muṭiyēṯṯu’
Formalised Possession Among the Tantris and Teyyams of Malabar
The Bali (Offering) Rituals Among the Māvilans of Southern India
Investigating gender roles
It's Enough That the Goddess Knows
| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,54 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2025 (28) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |