Siddavesa
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Siddavesa kind of religious and traditional folk dance. Arebhahse people of Sullia are performing full moon summer dance in month of Tulu calendar Suggi. In this same month, Suggi Nalike also performed.[1] Siddavesha are performing late evening until morning and visiting all stratum people home.
About
The Siddavesa influenced by Natha pantha. They performing in full night enactment with myth mimic, acting, singing and dancing.[2] Participants of Siddavesha has different characters, they are interact with themselves and the public in different stages of enactment. The three main mythical farce characters of Siddavesha are Sanyasi, Bhatru and Dasayye.[3]
Dress and costume
There are number different characters are performing Dasayya, Bhatru, Sansyasi,
Performance
After sunset, the performed artist meets the pre-decided holy place, mainly in front of daivradhane chavadi or Guttu house. They dress up with using locally available costumes after prayer conducted and the eldest persons prayed the
When the team arrives at the house of their first performance they send the Samnyasi into hiding beside the house. The rest of them walk up to the courtyard of the house and wake up the people. They set up a lighted lamp in the centre courtyard and commence dancing around to it with one of them initiating the song as follows:
- Sidduliṅga mudduliṅga - sid'dhavēsō.
- Nāvu yāvūru yāva taḷa - sid'dhavēsō.
- Nāvu kāśīya taḷadavru - sid'dhavēsō
All the performer performs as per their character predetermined by the head of the team, mostly who is eldest. The Samnyasi is left alone on the stage of Siddavesa's performance, and he roams around the courtyard holding his pseudo pennies made by 4-5 wooden sticks tied together. He talks about unusual sexual words and naughty words.
When they are walking on the street, utter Ḍimbisāle, Ḍimbisāle in a louder voice. This is the indication of the Siidavesa performer are on the way yet to come to the house.
Belief
Suppose chennu nalike, performed by mera community accidentally meets Siddavesa on the way, it is considered as a bad omen. So the siddavesa performer always utters Ḍimbisāle chorus on their way to home to home very loudly.
References
- ^ Karvali janapada, Purushotha Bilimale 1990. Mangalagangothri Dakshina Kannada, Siddavesha:Partibhatane mattu Nirasana P.21
- ^ Yadupathi Gowda, Gauḍaru-janāṅga mattu kuṇita, Yadupati gauḍa, 2003. Okkaligara Yāne Gauḍara Sēvā Saṅgha, Mangaluru, pg.153
- ^ Puttur Anantharaja Gowda (2015). "IN PURSUIT OF OUR ROOTS". Bengaluru: Tenkila Publications
- ^ "ಕಲೆ - ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಂಪದ" (in Kannada).
- ^ Janapada kalā pravēśa, Cakkere śivaśaṅkar, 2006. , sāgar prakāśana, beṅgaḷūru. Karāvaḷi karnāṭakada janapada kalegaḷu - sid'dhavēṣa Pg.250
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- ^ History of Indian Theatre, Volume 2, By Manohar Laxman Varadpande,Pg. 57