Padayani or padeni in colloquial speech, is one of the most colourful and spectacular folk arts associated with the festivals of temples in southern Kerala mainly in Alappuzha, Kollam, Pathanamthitta and Kottayam districts. This folk art we have mainly a series of divine and semi-divine impersonations wearing huge masks or Kolams of different shapes, colours and designs painted on the stalks of arecanut fronds. The most important of the kolams usually presented in a padayani performance are Bhairavi (Kali), Kolam (god of death), Yakshi (fairy), Pakshi (bird) etc.
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