Mudiyettu
Also known as Mudiyett
right|thumb|Mudiyettu thumb|250px|right|kooli - a character who helps Kali appear as a comedian Mudiyettu is a traditional ritual theatre and folk dance drama from Kerala that enacts the mythological tale of a battle between the goddess Kali and the demon Darika. The ritual is a part of the Bhagavathi or Bhadrakali cult. The dance is performed in Bhadrakali temples, the temples of the Mother Goddess, between February and May after the harvesting season.
Key facts
- Performing art.name
- Mudiyettu
- Performing art.image
- Mudiyettu at Kezhoor kavu 02-02-2013 2-04-33.JPG
- Performing art.caption
- Mudiyettu at Keezhoor shrine in 2013
- Performing art.medium
- Ritual theatre and folk dance
- Performing art.culture
- Kerala
- Intangible heritage.ICH
- Mudiyettu, ritual theatre and dance drama of Kerala
- Intangible heritage.State Party
- India
- Intangible heritage.ID
- 00345
- Intangible heritage.Region
- APA
- Intangible heritage.Year
- 2010
- Intangible heritage.Session
- 5th
- Intangible heritage.List
- Representative
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- Kali-Darika myth
- Features of Mudiyettu
- The role of the community
- Transmitting and conserving Mudiyettu
- See also
- References
right|thumb|Mudiyettu thumb|250px|right|kooli - a character who helps Kali appear as a comedian Mudiyettu is a traditional ritual theatre and folk dance drama from Kerala that enacts the mythological tale of a battle between the goddess Kali and the demon Darika. The ritual is a part of the Bhagavathi or Bhadrakali cult. The dance is performed in Bhadrakali temples, the temples of the Mother Goddess, between February and May after the harvesting season.
In 2010 Mudiyettu was inscribed in the UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, becoming the second art form from Kerala after Koodiyattam.