Talk:Parichamuttukali

Wiki Education assignment: Performance and Social Change
— Assignment last updated by Strawberry2302 (talk) 16:21, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Possible Continued Research and Edits
Maybe remove first sentence of History section since it doesn't really fit with the rest of the section. Also I'm not sure of how accurate it even is.

There was this one criticism of the dance talking about how the dance was simple. I need to find which book it was. May add a Criticism/Critique Section. Some people also say that it is less prestigious than more ancient dances.

Need to find actual copy of the "Folk Dances of Lakshadweep" article. This is sited in a lot of difference pages on south Indian dance, but I could never find it. I check multiple academic journal archives and even if they have some copies of different issues of the correct journal, they never have the one I want. I'm not even sure how useful it would be since the article itself is very short.

Good video example of the dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVJ-yMF6-bI

Look at sources in Malayalam Wikipedia page for references

This is an interesting and credible reference that should be used as a resources: https://devamatha.ac.in/index.php?/department/project/Malayalam/Parichamuttukali---Christian-folk-art-in-Kerala-Cultural-Analysis

For the part of the article talking about saints in the Performance section, the specific relevance of each saint mentioned could be expanded upon. (i.e. St. George is mythically a dragon slayer and is believed to provide protection from snakes in Kerala)

The book Folklore of India is a decent source or Margam Kali and Parichamuttu Kali, but doesn't provide too much detail and distinction between sub-sects of Kerala Christians and how each practiced the dance differently (at least in terms of music used). Also, there are apparently songs to Karalman(Charles, King of France) and I'm not sure if that's a story from prior to European contact that was retrofitted to a known European saint or if this was a new thing that emerged in the 15th century with Portuguese contact. Again exact dates are not mentioned as this book quickly covers a lot of history and culture with a decent amount of general detail.

Also look more into Chavetta Pada. The book claims that these fighters and their exploits were famous, but I've never heard of them before. They also don't have their own Wikipedia page. The only thing that comes up when you search for them is a Malayalam movie by the same name.

To Do List

 * Add link to Onam (Jenna)
 * Add link to Nilavilakku (Wesley)
 * Added links to districts mentioned(3) in Current Situation section (Naomi (1)) (Shira)
 * Add photos of the dance to the page (YUN & leslie)

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ccgm0421 (talk • contribs) 14:57, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

Discuss Margamkali?
The Margamkali page is more fully developed, making me wonder what the relationship between the two dances is. Perhaps it would be relevant to have a section (or even just a paragraph) that discusses the relationship (similarities/differences etc.) to that dance? Archival-dance (talk) 16:13, 6 December 2022 (UTC)