Kerala Arts
Kerala Folk Arts
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| Chavittunatakam
A Christian dance drama developed exclusively
in Kerala as a counterpart of Kathakali enacted in Hindu temples.
Unlike other performing arts, this drama is presented on a raised
platform made of planks spread on skeleton wood structure. Actors
don in colourful Roman attires enacts stories from Bible with rich
dialogues and songs to the accompaniment of beating of country drums.
The predominant feature of this art is the artistes stamping (Chavittu)
the dance floor producing resonant sounds to accentuate the dramatic
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