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Home > Kerala Temples > Performing Arts > Poothan (Bhootha) and Thira (Thara) Poothan (Bhootha) and Thira (Thara)Poothan (Bhootha) and Thira (Thara)This is a common ritualistic dance in the Bhadrakaali temples of the erstwhile Walluvanad taluk (portions of Pa1akkad and Malappuram districts). The character of Poothan (Bhoothan) visits every house in the desom (the jurisdiction of the Bhadrakaali temple) and plays and blesses the houses. On the last day or se¬lected day Thira, representing the deity, visits and blesses the devotees. Persons from Vannamar and Paraya communities take part in this folk dance; which is associated with the temple festival. Poothan has a semi-circle head-gear, the face resembling a demon. The thira (thara) on the other hand has heavy wooden head-gear represent¬ing engravings, sometimes depicting the symbolic representation of the Goddess.
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