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© Kamla-Raj 2004 Stud. Tribes Tribals, 2(1): 19-21 (2004)
Fertility Concept in a Ritual an Anthropological Explanation of "Pandal
Pattu" Bindu Ramachandran Departmrnt of
Anthropology, Kannur University Thalassery Campus P.O. Palayad,
Thalassery Kannur District. Kerala E-mail:
binduramachandran1@rediffmail.com Keywords
Abstract Kurichiyans are one of the Scheduled Tribes of Kerala practicing agriculture. Pandal pattu is an initiation ritual for girls. It is an elaborate ritual with group singing which act as a meta-social form for expressing the social relationships of the actors, or participants in the shape of concrete images or symbols. Some of the concepts related with fertility are also expressed and consequent linking of every individual to his own culture.
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