About Mudiyettu

• Mudiyettu is a traditional ritual theatre and folk dance drama from Kerala that enacts the mythological tale of a battle between the goddess Kali and the demon Darika. 
• The ritual is a part of the Bhagavathi or Bhadrakali cult. 
• It is a community ritual and generally the whole village participates.
• Mudiyettu performers purify themselves through fasting and prayer, then draw a huge image of goddess Kali, called as kalam, on the temple floor with coloured powders, wherein the spirit of the goddess is invoked.
• Mudiyettu is performed annually in ‘Bhagavati Kavus’ which are the temples of the goddess Kali in different villages along the rivers called Chalakkudy Puzha, Periyar and Moovattupuzha.
• In 2010, Mudiyettu was inscribed in the UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, becoming the second art form from Kerala after Koodiyattam.