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Lesser gods

Theyyam, a ritual dance form performed in northern Kerala and parts of southern Karnataka, has been subversively empowering for certain communities.
Thulasi Kakkat
Pethan Theyyam’s mukhathezhuthu.

Lesser gods: Theyyam performers among ST communities face discrimination

The ritual dance form is performed in northern Kerala and parts of southern Karnataka.
Thulasi Kakkat

Stepping into a male bastion

With their entry, it’s curtains for a 90-year-old, male-only tradition at the Kalamandalam.
Thulasi Kakkat
Krishnapriya, one among the first batch of female students of Kathakali at Kerala Kalamandalam, is practising ‘Thodayam- Purappadu’, the introductory act, along with male classmates at the Thekkan Kalari.

Kerala Kalamandalam’s first female Kathakali pupils step into male bastion

With their entry, it’s curtains for a 90-year-old, male-only tradition at the Kalamandalam.
Thulasi Kakkat