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SUMMARY:Rare Ritual Performances of Keralam
DESCRIPTION:Worship here begins with rice\, flowers\, water\, and coconut. \nBalan Nambiar returns to BIC\, where he spoke on the Bhutas of Tulunadu\, with a new illustrated lecture on the rare ritual performances of northern Keralam and Tulunadu. What does worship look like when it belongs to a village rather than a canon? \nHe will present photographs of living rituals practised by communities along the western coast\, traditions that grew alongside\, and often apart from\, Sanskritic Hinduism. He will look at Ati\, a ritual of bare-handed combat at Mavilayi shaped by Kalaripayattu\, and at shrines where Muslim families hold specific rights and roles. He will consider offerings of toddy\, fish\, and meat as expressions of local belief. He will also introduce rarer forms such as Uccerikuttu\, Malayankettu\, and Kalampattu\, now seldom seen. Together\, they show how art\, martial practice\, and shared worship have long held communities together\, and why these practices deserve to be recorded. \nThis talk is part of a series marking twenty years of BIC\, in which speakers and artists from the institution’s early years return to revisit the topics they first addressed. Each session traces what has changed\, what has endured\, and what to make of the same topics two decades on. \nVenue: Auditorium\n\n\nTwenty Years On: Revisiting Voices from BIC’s Founding Years\nRSVP here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeyAanKIq54AZKlJ4uFE6wc1wp32ZyNp4oofVLYwM98k-H7BA/viewform?usp=pp_url)\n*Speaker*: Balan Nambiar\n*Event Categories*: Culture\, Faith\, Heritage\, Mythology\, Performing Arts\, Society\, Visual Arts
URL:https://bangaloreinternationalcentre.org/event/rare-ritual-performances-of-keralam/
LOCATION:Bangalore International Centre\, 7\, 4th Main Road\, Domlur II Stage\, Bangalore\, Karnataka\, 560071\, India
CATEGORIES:Culture,Faith,Heritage,Mythology,Performing Arts,Society,Visual Arts
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