Theyyam Performace

We were given a phone number to contact about a ritual that was taking place - 6 phone calls, 5 new numbers and a returned call later we were given the name of a place. Feeling like we were heading to an illicit rave we jumped in a rickshaw and headed to a temple. We arrived to see just the last hour of a 6 hour festival where dancers don outfits (like the one above), enter a trance and take on the characteristiocs of a deity and dance around. Impressive!