Daddy took us kids to the beach. When we got back, we were surprised to see Great Aunt Jane sitting on the porch. She invited us to a great kathakali performance later that evening at a nearby town. Daddy and kids decided to go with Aunt Jane.
We started with a 50 minutes bus ride to Attingal, and then we took a KSTB bus to Thonnakal and a rickshaw to the temple. The play was colorful, amazing and astonishing. The play was named Kirata because the Hindu god Siva is disguised as Kirata a hunter. The main actors were Siva-Kirata, Arjuna and Parvati. When Siva Kirata first comes out onto the stage, he shows Parvati his wonderful hunter costume. The scene I enjoyed the most was when Kirata an Arjuna had a humongous fight because Siva wanted to test Arjuna if he really believed in Siva. I really liked that scene because there was the most action and I like plays like that. I also liked
the way Parvati used her powers. First she turned Arjuna’s arrows into flowers, which was really funny and then she took away Arjuna’s bow and Arjuna fought with his bare hands. To end the fight Siva Kirata picked up Arjuna and threw him into the woods.After the play the man who played Siva Kirata gave us his nose and chootis (face decorations).
I had a great night of Kathakali!
1 comment:
Hi Rob,
That's quite a nose-job! It sure will turn a lot of heads if you wear it back in Lennoxville. Why does Siva-Kirvata wearsuch a funny noe? Is it a disguise?
Thanks for your great description. It sounds like an exciting evening with lots of fights and action. You were lucky to go backstage and see the actors putting on their weird and wonderful makeup. And it sounds like getting there was half the fun!
Love, Grandma
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