Trickster TheyyamTheyyam of Good OmenGreat Mother TheyyamGerminal TheyyamTheyyam of Innocent TruthHeroic TheyyamSorcerer TheyyamDrunken TheyyamSinging TheyyamFire Goddess Theyyam

Singing Theyyam
Singing Theyyam

£575

 Acrylic on canvas. W 32", H 40";  81 cm x 101 cm

KUTTI THEYYAM is also known as “thiriyunna theyyam” (Spinning Theyyam).  The theyyam spins fast, dancing and revolving on its feet, in a performance that lasts about one hour.

screaming red crazy man
with God in your head
with your octopus arms

wobble out of your trance -
be a man, not a man
drunk on God, showman,

shaman, singing theyyam,
share your blues and yellows -
the villagers are waiting


Poem by Linda Marshall

 


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