Marar_(caste)

Marar (caste)

Marar (caste)

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This article is about a Hindu caste. For the UAE tribe namesake, see Marar (tribe). For the place namesake, see Marar, Ramgarh. For other uses, see Marar (disambiguation).

Marar is the name given to the caste of hereditary temple musicians[1] of Travancore, Cochin and Malabar region in the state of Kerala, whose primary duty was to provide the traditional temple Sopanam music.[citation needed] They belong to the Ambalavasi caste.[1][2]

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Paani, the indispensable part of high tantric rituals of temple such as ulsavabali, sreeboothabali etc. is  another main hereditory temple profession of Marar.[3] They were also known for their playing of chenda (valam thala represents deva vadyam (usually play inside the nalambalam) and edam thala represents asura vadyam) and idakka[2](deva vadyam) in temples[4][5] Sopanadwani[6] is the monthly publication of Akhila Kerala Marar Kshema Sabha.

References

  1. [1]
    Bodies of Silence, Floods of Nectar: Ritual Music in Contemporary Brahmanical Tantric Temples of Kerala. Yale Journal of Music & Religion: Vol. 7: No. 2, Article 2.
  2. [2]
    "It is God's own instrument". The Hindu. 27 December 2018.
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    https://malayalimanasu.com/us-news/arivinte-muthukal-7/ PMN namboothiri
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    Vishnu, Achutha Menon (2020). "The Rhythmic Structure of Melam". The Chitrolekha Journal on Art and Design. 4 (2): 1–14. doi:10.21659/cjad.42.v4n202. S2CID 242270596.
  5. [5]
    "On a journey with the edakka". 21 May 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2023 – via www.thehindu.com.
  6. [6]
    "SOPANADHWANI". Readwhere - India's Largest Digital Newsstand. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
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