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This article concentrates on ‘Thirattu songs of Puberty Ceremony’ of kanikkararwho are living in Southern part of Travancore at Kanniyakumari District. Particularly the tribal has life circle rituals in many phases. Puberty ceremony one among them. Usually Thirattu songs will be singing during the puberty ceremony. The ceremony marks the transition of girls who have reached puberty and are now mature enough to understand their responsibilities towards family and society. While celebrating this ceremony the Kanikkarar women use to sing ‘Thirattu Songs’ for the matured girl. The singing women mostly belongs matured girl’s relatives. They belong the siblings of matured girl’s father and other relatives. There will be at least 5 to 7 women who sings ‘Thirattu Songs’.
Kanikkarar tribal has life circle rituals like the ceremony of birth, puberty, wedding, baby shower and death. It is not possible to research all their ceremonies the researcher has chosen only about the puberty ceremony. There are songs which is called ‘Thirattu’ takes place in puberty ceremony. Particularly those songs will be taken place in ‘Araikkalyanam’ ritual of puberty rite. Arikkalyanam is part of a ritual followed during the puberty ceremony. Each and every line of ‘Thirattu songs’has been concentrated and explained in detail by using ‘Discourse analysis’.
The areas of research are Thachamalai and Thottamalaiwhich comes underVilavancodeTaluk near Pechipparaiat Kanniyakumari District. The main objective of this study is to get knowledge one of the puberty ceremony and its Thirattu songs of kanikkarar tribal.
"A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ON 'THIRATTU SONGS OF PUBERTY CEREMONY' OF KAANIKARAR TRIBAL AT KANNIYAKUMARI DISTRICT", International Journal of Novel Research and Development (www.ijnrd.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.8, Issue 1, page no.d269-d279, January-2023, Available :http://www.ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2301331.pdf
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