Kalamezhuthu

Magnificent 3D herbal art of our ancestors!!

#tribalart #India #TempleArt
#artistsontwitter #tradition
Kalam- surface/ floor
Ezhuthu - drawing/ writing
Famous in Kerala . Usually bright colours are used. It's a 3D art unlike murals which is a 2 D art. UGRAM/fierce roopam-Bhadrakali with sword, jewellery is drawn a lil different from Nagam,Ayyappan.But bold colours r used always
Kalam- surface/ floor Ezhuthu - drawing/ writing Famous in Kerala . Usually bright colours are used. It's a 3D art unlike murals which is a 2 D art. UGRAM/fierce roopam-Bhadrakali with sword, jewellery is drawn a lil different from Nagam,Ayyappan.But bold colours r used always
Kalam- surface/ floor Ezhuthu - drawing/ writing Famous in Kerala . Usually bright colours are used. It's a 3D art unlike murals which is a 2 D art. UGRAM/fierce roopam-Bhadrakali with sword, jewellery is drawn a lil different from Nagam,Ayyappan.But bold colours r used always
3 steps in this art -
1. Draw the goddess or god on which the mythological tribal dance story is based
2. Tribal song for this god/ goddess
3. Tribal dance dedicated to the same depicting the story of devi or Ayyappan
3 steps in this art -1. Draw the goddess or god on which the mythological tribal dance story is based2. Tribal song for this god/ goddess3. Tribal dance dedicated to the same depicting the story of devi or Ayyappan
3 steps in this art -1. Draw the goddess or god on which the mythological tribal dance story is based2. Tribal song for this god/ goddess3. Tribal dance dedicated to the same depicting the story of devi or Ayyappan
Natural herbal colours are used taken from plants leaves, seeds, flowers by powdering them.The ritual begins in the evening with oracles, bhagavath seva, thullal. The artists are paid around Rs2000-3000. Knowing how few opportunities they get, they are struggling for foothold
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