How Kerala keeps its Karkkadakam rituals alive
Karkkadakam was usually not the most desirable of months. It rained incessantly, there was sickness and scarcity, disease and death. When everything turned grey and gloomy, people devised ingenious ways to stay healthy and positive.
- ▪Karkkadakam was usually not the most desirable of months.
- ▪It rained incessantly, there was sickness and scarcity, disease and death.
- ▪When everything turned grey and gloomy, people devised ingenious ways to stay healthy and positive.
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Karkkadakam was usually not the most desirable of months. It rained incessantly, there was sickness and scarcity, disease and death. When everything turned grey and gloomy, people devised ingenious ways to stay healthy and positive. They relied on belief and built rituals around them to help cope with the harshness of the season. While many of these rituals disappeared with time, a few still remain.Theyyam for hopeIn the northern regions of Kerala, from Kannur up to Kasaragod, Karkkadaka Theyyams appear, bringing with them a sense of hope and prosperity. In unrelenting rain, amid the beats of the chenda, these Theyyams arrive, singing the songs of the Gods. These are usually performed by children from the designated communities.
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