Friday, 6 December 2019

Tholpavakoothu Puppets

Photos from National puppet festival,Udhaypur,Rajasthan,2019 November,conducted by Sangeet Natak Academy.

Tuesday, 3 December 2019

Puppet

Tholpavakoothu and Kuthanur













All of the historians who searched the history of tholpavakoothu said that the birth place of this artform is Kuthanur near Kuzhalmannam.The oldest tholpava koothu  troop is also belongs to Kuthanur.Here is some photos of Kuthanur Puppets.

Puppets

CHINAKKATHUR POORAM




























































Chinakkathur pooram is a grand temple festival of Palakkad district..This is also known as the festival of Valluvanadan folk arts.The festival days started with Tholpavakoothu..Chinakkathur temple is one of the most important performing stage of tholpavakoothu...The perfomance of valluvanadan folk arts  such as  Poothan,thira ,vellattu,nayadi also visible here.