History
According to the legendary
Keralolpathi,
Parasurama sanctioned festivals like
Kaliyattam, Puravela and Daivattam or Theyyattam to the people of the
North Malabar region. He also assigned the responsibility of performing the Theyyam dance to the indigenous tribal communities like Malayar, Panan, Vannan and Velan. "There can be no doubt", say Bridget and Raymond Alchin, "that a very large part of this modern folk religion is extremely ancient and contains traits which originated during the earliest periods of Neolithic, Chalcolithic settlement and expression".(Wikipedia)
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