The Goddess incarnate: Kavu and Theyyam in northern Kerala
2016
Directed by Marie-Dominique Nenna
Collection From Africa to India
On the west coast of India, in northern Kerala, certain religious festivals take place during the dry season in private and communal sanctuaries in honour of the Theyyam, some 450 divinities or deified dead. These Theyyam become incarnate by “possessing” dancers who have developed this speciality.