ISSN 2158-5296
Jim Sykes
Video Example 1a. Close view of harambas 1 and 2.
Video Example 1b. Front view of harambas 1 and 2.
Video Example 2a. Close view of harambas 1, 2, and 3.
Video Example 2b. Harambas 1, 2, and 3.
Video Example 3a. Close view of harambas 3 (continued), 4, 5, 6, and 7.
Video Example 3b. Front view of harambas 3 (continued), 4, 5, 6, and 7.
Video Example 4a. Close view of harambas 8 through 10.
Video Example 4b. Front view of harambas 8 through 10.
Video Example 5a. Close view of harambas 10 (continued), 11, 12, and 13.
Video Example 5b. Front view of harambas 10 (continued), 11, 12, 13. The ending is cut off before “rrrrim” surala.
Video Example 6a. Close view of basic padas.
Video Example 6b. Close view of basic pada with singing.
Video Example 6c. Front view of surala, basic padas, and alkankāras.
Video Example 7a. Close view of alkankāra and tari harambas.
Video Example 7b. Front view of alkankāra added to pada, tari harambas.
Video Example 8a. Close view of more tari harambas.
Video Example 8b. Front view of tari haramba 5.
Video Example 9a. Close view of tari harambas.
Video Example 9b. Front view of tari haramba 6.
Video Example 10. Close view of recited magul bera into played magul bera.
Video Example 11a. Close view of the end of magul bera.
Video Example 11b. Front view of magul bera. Part one begins at 2:51.
Video Example 11c. Front view of magul bera, part two (incomplete).
Video Example 12. Close view of complete magul bera.
Video Example 13a. Devol Maduva magul bera ritual footage.
Video Example 13b. Devol Maduva magul bera ritual footage, close view.
Video Example 14a. Front view of Sända Samayama. Bara occurs at 2:08–2:41 and 2:48–3:10.
Video Example 14b. Front view of Sända Samayama, first rhythm.
Video Example 14c. Close view of Sända Samayama, first pada.
Video Example 14d. Close view of pandam pada in Sända Samayama.
Video Example 14e. Front view of Yahan Däkma in Sända Samayama, pandam, adauva.
Video Example 15. Devol Maduva; dancing bara, dressed as the goddess Pattini (8:30–10:00).
Video Example 16. Sanni Yakuma, Yahan Däkma section.
Video Example 17a. Front view of Kalu Yakkha.
Video Example 17b. Close view of Kalu Yakkha.
Video Example 18a. Front view of Riri Yakkha recitation.
Video Example 18b. Close view of Riri Yakkha and Abhimana Yakkha.
Video Example 18c. Front view of Riri Yakkha playing and Abhimana Yakkha.
Video Example 19a. Front view of Suniyam Yaksani.
Video Example 19b. Front view of Suniyam Yakshini.
Video Example 20. Sanni Yakuma Suniyam Yakshini.
Video Example 21. Maru Yakkha circling the patient.
Video Example 22a. Front view of Kumara Pelapāliya song.
Video Example 22b. Front view of Kumara Pelapāliya, alankära mäträ.
Video Example 22c. Close view of Kumara Pelapāliya, alankära dance rhythm.
Video Example 23. Sanni Yakuma, pandam padas (“torch” rhythms).
Video Example 24. Vāhala. This video is recorded as day turns into night; note that at the end of the video, the ritualist, blindfolded in a conical hat and swinging torches, runs out of the ritual space and into nearby houses, to bless them.
Video Example 25a. Front view of Mahasona Samayama or Avatara Bälima.
Video Example 25b. Close view of Mahasona Samayama or Avatara Bälima.
Video Example 26. Sanni Yakuma Avatara Bälima.
Video Example 27. Padas from the Yahan Däkma of the Sanni Yakuma, with overlapping elaborations played by the drummers. The passage described in the text begins at 0:54.
Video Example 28. Front view of the Yahan Däkma section of the Devol Maduva. The drum speech on page 39 starts at the beginning of the video, and the Pattini padas on page 41 begin at 0:40.
Audio Example 1. Herbert Dayasheela reciting padas with drumming.
Audio Example 2. Herbert Dayasheela reciting padas, vas danda section (“poison pipe” section where demons are summoned to the ritual space).
Appendix: Additional Videos of Drumming in the Ritual Context
Video Example A1. Blessing of the drums during the Yahan Däkma section of the Devol Maduva.
Video Example A2. Many students dancing during a Devol Maduva.
Video Example A3. Student performances during a Devol Maduva.
Video Example A4. Students dancing during a Devol Maduva.
Video Example A5. Excerpt from the Telme section of the Devol Maduva.
Video Example A6. A demon (yakkha) in Sanni Yakuma.
Video Example A7. MA demon dancing in a Sanni Yakuma.
Video Example A8. The final demon (kola sanniya) appears at daylight in the Sanni Yakuma.
Video Example A9. The red demon (duppa paliya) in the Sanni Yakuma.
Video Example A10. The old demon in the Sanni Yakuma.
Video Example A11. The pregnant woman demoness in the Sanni Yakuma.
Video Example A12. Summoning demons with the pitch-pipe during a Sanni Yakuma.
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