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<p>Alter: url. URLs might have been anonymized. Add: archive-date, archive-url. | <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:UCB" class="extiw" title="wp:UCB">Use this bot</a>. <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:DBUG" class="extiw" title="wp:DBUG">Report bugs</a>. | Suggested by Headbomb | Pages linked from cached Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Journals_cited_by_Wikipedia/Sandbox | via #UCB_webform_linked 47/156</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{distinguish|Theyyam}}<br /> {{refimprove|date=January 2021}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Theyyannam&#039;&#039;&#039; is a traditional ritual [[folk art]] form that exists among the [[Pulaya]], [[Kurava]] and [[Paraya]] communities of the central [[Travancore]] region in [[Kerala]], [[India]].&lt;ref name=&quot;WP&quot;&gt;{{cite web|url=http://womenpoint.in/index.php/resources/resourcesDetails/98|title=നാടോടി സ്‌ത്രീരംഗകലകൾ|website=womenpoint.in|author1=Dr. S Shifa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214033652/http://womenpoint.in/index.php/resources/resourcesDetails/98|archive-date=2020-12-14}} Archived from the original on 2020 December 14&lt;/ref&gt; It is mainly performed in [[Mavelikkara]], [[Pandalam]] and some other parts of [[Alappuzha district]].&lt;ref name=&quot;kerenvis&quot;&gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.kerenvis.nic.in/writereaddata/userfiles/file/folk%20dances%20of%20kerala_opt_opt.pdf|title=Folk dances|website=www.kerenvis.nic.in|page=56|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214043009/http://www.kerenvis.nic.in/writereaddata/userfiles/file/folk%20dances%20of%20kerala_opt_opt.pdf|archive-date=2020-12-14}} Archived from the original on 2020 December 14&lt;/ref&gt; It is an art form associated with [[agriculture]], specifically [[paddy cultivation]].&lt;ref name=&quot;kerenvis&quot;/&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Ritual dance==<br /> Eight men plough up a [[paddy field]] and plant seedlings. Women enter with breakfast for the men and begin to help planting. They then grow, harvest and thresh the crop together, thus representing all stages of cultivation.&lt;ref name=&quot;kerenvis&quot;/&gt; The dance is performed to the accompaniment of [[harmonium]], [[idakka]] and [[tabla]].&lt;ref name=&quot;kerenvis&quot;/&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> {{Culture of Kerala}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Ritual dances]]<br /> [[Category:Dances of Kerala]]</div>

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