Miḻāvu

Autor(en)

Karin Bindu

Abstrakt

The ritual context of the Kerala's Sanskrit genre of drama, Kutiyattam, demands the exclusive use of percussionists of sacral and secular milavu drums in katiyattam, nannyar- and cakyar kuttu performances as well as orchestral temple music. The classification of the anthropomorphic "divine" instrument milcivu goes back to the book "Natya Sastra" of Bharatamuni around 2,000 years ago. Eight private and governmental training centers in Kerala, e.g., the "Kerala Kalamandalam," offer methodic mixed forms between traditional Guru-Shishya and contemporary training methods for the literally nearly unmentioned copper drum milavu. Sociocultural criteria, such as affiliation to training centers, age differences, training's level, gender, and a variety of tasks related to the context of performance practice form a complex network of close relationships, difficulties, and responsibilities between traditional milavu percussionists of Nampyar caste, students from other castes, gurus, and katiyeittam actors of both sexes.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie

Journal

Anthropos

Band

111

Seiten

395-414

Anzahl der Seiten

20

ISSN

0257-9774

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5771/0257-9774-2016-2-395

Publikationsdatum

2016

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

504009 Ethnologie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Anthropology, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/4b669fd0-572e-4c01-8cbb-6893a2bca00d