Kummatti Kali

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Kummatti Kali is a colorful folk dance and masked performance from Kerala, India, featuring elaborately costumed performers who go door to door entertaining people during the Onam festival.

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Kummatti Kali canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf folk dance ⓘ
ritual performance ⓘ
traditional art form ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Bhagavathi ⓘ
linked to: Goddess Bhagavathi

Lord Shiva ⓘ
linked to: Shiva

Onathappan ⓘ
linked to: Pillaiyar
associatedWithFestival Onam ⓘ
audienceInteraction collecting small gifts or offerings ⓘ
entertaining children ⓘ
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
culturalSignificance part of Onam celebrations in Kerala ⓘ
hasCharacteristic colorful ⓘ
comic ⓘ
processional ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Malabar region ⓘ
linked to: Malabar Coast

central Kerala ⓘ
hasFunction community bonding ⓘ
entertainment ⓘ
ritual observance ⓘ
hasMusic rhythmic songs ⓘ
traditional percussion ⓘ
hasPerformanceType masked dance ⓘ
street performance ⓘ
hasTheme Hindu legends ⓘ
mythological stories ⓘ
languageContext Malayalam-speaking communities ⓘ
movementStyle energetic ⓘ
playful ⓘ
performanceContext door-to-door entertainment ⓘ
household visits ⓘ
performedBy folk artists ⓘ
local villagers ⓘ
performedDuring Onam festival ⓘ
linked to: Onam
performedIn Malappuram district ⓘ
Palakkad district ⓘ
Thrissur district ⓘ
rural areas of Kerala ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Kerala ⓘ
relatedTo Kerala folk arts ⓘ
Onam folk traditions ⓘ
uses elaborate costumes ⓘ
grass skirts ⓘ
handmade masks ⓘ
masks ⓘ
wooden masks ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Onam → traditionalDance → Kummatti Kali ⓘ