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History
of Ammannur
Gurukulam In those days Kutiyattam enjoyed high royal patronage. We cannot forget the importance of The Adiyandrakoothu (performing by Chakyar and Nambiar families as part of their occupation in temple), which had ensure its survival. Through the Kutiyattam as a family occupation was usually handed down from uncle to nephew in the matrilineal Chakyar families, master performers often took disciples from others families as well especially for the higher level of learning.
We do not have
any documentary data regarding where and when the ancient’s Kalari -s of
Kutiyattam Where the meticulously drawn up Kramadipika-s (Stage Manuals) and
Attaprakaram-s (Acting Manuals) of the art form. So we can only understand
that In ancient Kalaris where scholars of divers discipline interacted and
engaged in aesthetical and theoretical discourses, did exist.
In late 1980’s Rajaneesh (Ammannur Rajaneesh Chakyar), Sooraj (Sooraj Nambiar) were also Joined in Gurukulam as disciples and then a few years later Renjith(Pothiyil Renjith Chakyar), Kapila, Aparna(Aparna Nangiar) and Saritha were joined as the fifth generation. This younger generation of artistes are the professional artists of Gurukulam now. As Ammannur Madhava Chakyar and G.Venu wanted to preserve the best of the traditional aspects of the gurukulam system simultaneously making all of them compatible for a modern context, it was decided that the training period of the Ammannur Gurukulam would be 15 years. The old masters had received training for 20 years and more, but this had to be reduced given the changed circumstances. |
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