When Theatre Makes the Ritual Work: Imitation, Materialization and Reactualization in the Malayali Ritual Theatre Muṭiyēṯṯu’
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- Catalogue identifier
- kali-0060
- Alternate titles and import identifiers
- KALI-0060; doi:10.12797/CIS.19.2017.02.02
- Author or attribution
- Marianne Pasty-Abdul Wahid
- Record type
- Article
- Language
- English
- Date / edition
- 2017
- Source / repository
- Cracow Indological Studies
- Access
- Open access
- Subjects
- Kali Library Research Catalogue; Academic Research and Peer-Reviewed Articles
Description and curator notes
Studies the interdependence of ritual and theatre in Muṭiyēṯṯu performances at Hindu temples in central Kerala. The article explains how enacted myth, musical and dramatic components, sacrificial violence, and ritual pollution contribute to the embodiment of Bhadrakāḷī. Rather than treating performance as an illustration added to worship, it asks how theatrical qualities make the offering effective for devotees. This detailed ethnographic analysis is valuable for understanding why Bhadrakali’s presence and mood matter to the form of the performance. The complete publisher PDF includes the article and references, though some embedded-font text extracts imperfectly.
KALI-0060 — Kali Library Research Catalogue.
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Author / attribution: Marianne Pasty-Abdul Wahid
Publication: Cracow Indological Studies · 2017
19(2), 33–60
Format / language: Journal article · English
Identifier: doi:10.12797/CIS.19.2017.02.02
Kali relevance: Direct ethnography of Bhadrakali ritual theatre.
Context: Kerala; Muṭiyēṯṯu; embodiment and ritual efficacy.
Subjects: Academic Research and Peer-Reviewed Articles
Evidence / reliability: Peer-reviewed scholarly journal
Access / rights: Complete text checked 2026-11-04. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 as stated on the publisher landing page.
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Marianne Pasty-Abdul Wahid. When Theatre Makes the Ritual Work: Imitation, Materialization and Reactualization in the Malayali Ritual Theatre Muṭiyēṯṯu’. Cracow Indological Studies · 2017.
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