Kerala's Pulluvas and Pampum Tullal

Kerala's Pulluvas and Pampum Tullal is a story about the lives of Kerala's Pulluva ritual specialists and their days-long ritual performance, pampum tullal, or the "e;jumping dance"e; of the serpent deities (nagam or pampu). The ritual is commissioned by members of Kerala's landed communities to bring health and prosperity to their extended families. Belonging to an ancient South Indian tradition,...