Ayyappan Vilakku

Numerous miniature temples are constructed out of tender co-count frond and plantain leaf-stalks.Then songs are sung on the leg-endary right between ayyappan and Vavar.In tune with the various rhymes and rhythms of this devotional song,two dancers in the costume and make up of Ayyappan and Vavar perform, striking with swords and defending with coconut fronds.The dancers exicutevigorous foot-movement.In the last stage,a huge fire called aazhiis lit and the dancers jump into the birning embers still dancing.

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