The Paniyas, an Ex-slave Tribe of South IndiaStudy on the social life of the Paniya tribe in Wayanad, Kerala. |
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... dance and feast which go with Kambla . Kambla at transplantation has become rare in Wynad now - a - days , but occasionally some big Wynad farmers conduct it . The farmer sends his Paniya foreman to near - by Paniya settlements to ...
... dance and feast which go with Kambla . Kambla at transplantation has become rare in Wynad now - a - days , but occasionally some big Wynad farmers conduct it . The farmer sends his Paniya foreman to near - by Paniya settlements to ...
Page 104
... dances . The dance part of the performance is of a simple type and the possession of the Malayar , Mannan or Munnuttan dancer by the spirit or deity whose role he is dancing is only of a mild degree . What is most important here , apart ...
... dances . The dance part of the performance is of a simple type and the possession of the Malayar , Mannan or Munnuttan dancer by the spirit or deity whose role he is dancing is only of a mild degree . What is most important here , apart ...
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... Dance ! Dance Dance ! On puda of the goddess of Payyampalli Dance Dance ! Dance ! Come dancing , dancing Like the kunnam bird ( kunnam pakki ) Here the patient of the grandmother of Tirumalakotta . Today we are seeing the god . Don't ...
... Dance ! Dance Dance ! On puda of the goddess of Payyampalli Dance Dance ! Dance ! Come dancing , dancing Like the kunnam bird ( kunnam pakki ) Here the patient of the grandmother of Tirumalakotta . Today we are seeing the god . Don't ...
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