Yakshagana

E161548
folk theatre intangible cultural heritage traditional dance-drama form

Yakshagana is a traditional South Indian dance-drama form that combines vibrant costumes, expressive music, and mythological storytelling, especially popular in coastal Karnataka.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Yakshagana canonical 9
Tulu theatre 1
Yakshagana (Telugu theatre form) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf folk theatre ⓘ
intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
traditional dance-drama form ⓘ
actingGroup Mummela ⓘ
alsoPerformedIn Kerala ⓘ
artFormType dance-drama ⓘ
music ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
associatedWith Bhuta worship traditions ⓘ
BadaguThittuRegion Udupi and Uttara Kannada ⓘ
basedOn Hindu mythology ⓘ
commonSources Mahabharata ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ
Ramayana ⓘ
costumeMaterial mirror work ⓘ
wooden headgear ⓘ
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
culturalSignificance major folk art of coastal Karnataka ⓘ
hasRoleType clown (hasyagara) ⓘ
hero (veera) ⓘ
narrator (bhagavata) ⓘ
villain (kattige) ⓘ
hasStyle Badagu Thittu ⓘ
Tenkutittu ⓘ
incorporates dance ⓘ
dialogue ⓘ
expressive music ⓘ
improvisation ⓘ
language Kannada ⓘ
Tulu ⓘ
mainDrum Chende ⓘ
musicalEnsemble Himmela ⓘ
narrationBy Bhagavata ⓘ
performanceSetting open-air stage ⓘ
temple festivals ⓘ
performanceTime night-long ⓘ
primaryState Karnataka ⓘ
region South India ⓘ
coastal Karnataka ⓘ
religiousContext Hindu temple festivals ⓘ
secondaryDrum Maddale ⓘ
TenkutittuRegion Dakshina Kannada and Kasaragod ⓘ
trainingMode guru-shishya tradition ⓘ
typicalDuration 8 to 12 hours ⓘ
uses elaborate headgear ⓘ
face paint ⓘ
ornate jewelry ⓘ
vibrant costumes ⓘ
usesInstrument harmonium ⓘ
taala cymbals ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South India → knownFor → Yakshagana ⓘ
Karnataka → hasCulturalForm → Yakshagana ⓘ
Tulu → usedInPerformanceArt → Yakshagana ⓘ
coastal Karnataka → knownFor → Yakshagana ⓘ
subject surface form: Coastal Karnataka
this entity surface form: Yakshagana theatre
Dasara in Mysuru → featuresCulturalForm → Yakshagana ⓘ
Telugu literature → hasSubtradition → Yakshagana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yakshagana (Telugu theatre form)
Therukoothu → relatedArtForm → Yakshagana ⓘ
Dakshina Kannada district → knownFor → Yakshagana ⓘ
Cultural Capital of Karnataka → associatedWithArtForm → Yakshagana ⓘ
Tuluva people → performingArt → Yakshagana ⓘ
Tulu cinema → associatedTheatreTradition → Yakshagana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tulu theatre
Kannada people → associatedWith → Yakshagana ⓘ