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Teyyam: Of gods, heroes and ancestors / a Golden Rabbit Films production ; filmed & edited by Patrick Morell.
LIBRA DVD BL2030.K47 T3443 2022 disc 1-2
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Malayalam
- Subjects (All):
- Theyyam (Dance)--India--Kerala.
- Theyyam (Dance).
- Kerala (India)--Religious life and customs.
- Kerala (India).
- Parits--India--Kerala--Social life and customs.
- Parits.
- India--Kerala.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (74, 84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- burning
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : Golden Rabbit Films, [2022]
- Language Note:
- In Malayalam and English, with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD-R, NTSC, all regions; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- Dolby digital
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- all regions
- Summary:
- Cultic and ritualistic arts have always exerted a great influence on the social life in India, especially Kerala, the home of a myriad range of performing traditions. Prominent among these is the ritualistic art form of Teyyam. During two months of the year, regardless of caste, social function, income, gender and age, devotees attend Teyyam rituals to seek blessings, ward off evil spirits, cure disease, have a healthy child-birth, settle disputes, and gain advice and prosperity from the Gods. Jayanandan Peruvannan's family can claim many generations of actors (Vannan caste). The weight of the responsibility is evident, as is the studied discipline and intensity in which Jayanandan assumes his role. We're allowed to witness his transformation, as his persona rises from an outcaste to the status of a God.
- Contents:
- Teyyam rituals. Disc 1. Vayanattu Kulavan; Rakthachamundi; Sasthapan; Puthiya Bhagavati; Kathivannoor Veeran; Padaveeran Teyyam; Vayanattu Kulavan; Karinchamundi; Vishnumoorti; Ghandaakarnan; Vayanattu Kulavan; Gulikan; Ghandaakarnan; Muthappan; Vayanattu Kulavan
- disc 2. Pottan; Vayanattu Kulavan; Thiruvarkkaattu Bhagavati; Kamdathamayum koodayullorum; Thiruvarkkaattu Bhagavati; Uchitta; Makkam; Theechamundi; Kandanaar Kelan; Kandanaar Kelan; Vayanattu Kulavan.
- Participant:
- Featuring: Jayanandan Peruvannan, Karunakaran Peruvannan (actors) ; interviews (in order of appearance): Chirakkal Kovilaram Ravindra Varma Raja (heir to the Kolathiri family), Jayanandan Peruvannan (actor), Laurent Aubert (ethnomuscologist & writer), Eric Baret (writer), Sri Prasad (martial arts master), KK Gopalakrishnan (writer), Balakrishnan Koyyal (folklore scholar, writer & photographer), YV Kannan (actor), Dr. Marar (scholar), Dr. JJ Pallath (writer), Karanunakaran Peruvannan (former actor, Teyyam master), CC Nalini Amma, CC Padmaja, CC Dharmaja, Malicka (devotees), Dr. Govinda (patron & scholar), Nived Padman (patron & Teyyam consultant), Usah Kumari (devotee & patron), P.V Suresh Babu Angotten (Actor).
- Credits:
- Filming/editing, Patrick Morell.
- Notes:
- This disc is a burned DVD-R and may not play in some DVD players or drives.
- First inspired by Christian Germon in 2016; completed in August 2022.
- OCLC:
- 1345292903
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