Event 39: Thiruvāthirakali - Ettumānūr

Title: Event 39: Thiruvāthirakali - Ettumānūr
Alternative title: 0. (00:00) Nine performers introduce themselves
1. (01:30) Praise of Saraswati
3. (09:38) Traditional song by an anonymous poet
4. (18:21) Uttara Swayamvaram
5. (20:50) Traditional Thiruvathirakali
6. (24:17) Mangalacharanam
Creator: Jairazbhoy, Nazir Ali, 1927-2009
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Photographer: Jairazbhoy, Nazir Ali, 1927-2009
Date Created: March 27, 1984
Date: 1984-03-27
Language: Malayalam
Collection: Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

Description: Thiruvathirakali, women's dance and song. Performed in response to the 1938 A. A. Bake recording, Bake 31.1 "Karkotakali (Thiruvadarakali)." Thiruvathirakali is a dance tradition named for a star of Siva. The star has a festival in December-January, Dhanu, when Thiruvathirakali is performed, as well as at the Onam harvest festival. It is also called kaikottikali, "hand-clap-play." Ten ladies perform the six dances in a clockwise circle around a tall diya, bronze oil lamp. 1. Praise of Saraswati.

[2. Incident from the story of Daksayaga. Only in the audio?]

3. Traditional song by an anonymous poet [not in video?].

4. Uttara Swayamvaram: about a princess' marriage in the Mahābhārata, originally a Kathakali song composed by Irayamman Tampi.

6. Mangalacharanam: auspicious concluding song. Group leader: L. Chinnamma; members Parubutti Amma; Ammini Mussath and seven others. The recording location is the Mural Art Center, Archaeology Dept., Ettumānūr Post, Kottayam, Kerala.
Related Records: Bake Restudy Notes for the 1984 Bake Restudy Excursion in India
Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy Field Diary, India, 1984
Data Sheets for the 1984 Bake Restudy Excursion in India
References: Ref: Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 87; Data Sheets, p. 192.

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