[Malabar]. Kurup, K.K.N. — Aryan and Dravidian Elements in Malabar Folklore. A case Study of Ramavilliam Kalakam. Foreword T.K. Ravindran.

Trivandrum (India), Kerala Historical Society, 1977, (10),II,(4),67 pag.,13 b/w photographic plates, printed by St. Joseph's Press (Trivandrum), original green cloth with dustjacket. = Rare study presenting an analysis of the festival organised every twenty-five years at the Kalakam of Ramavilliam, Trikkarippur. This Kalakam is an old socio-religious organsiation of Tiya community in North Malabar. A large number of Teyyam deities are propitiated during the festival. A study of these folk gods and goddesses highlights the existence of two different cultural currents of primitivism and sophisticated religion. A case study of the fetsival and the organisation of the Kalakam provides a good example of the process of Aryanisation in the Dravidian land of Kerala.