© 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 Society; ritual; concept; symbol

 

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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