This is about my performance as Giddi, in the dance drama - Kari Sidda. Kari Sidda is a dance drama based on Kuvempus poem, by the same name. Its really a simple story of a man and his wife in a village. However, its the way the story is told that is interesting.
This story is set in Malanad, where the natural beauty is breathtaking. The narration starts out with the five elements- Earth, Fire, Wind, Water, Sky- entering the story. The Sutradar or narrator sets the context by explaining that his story is about a poor, simple couple – Kari Sidda and Giddi. He points out that it’s not a grand story about kings, unlike the Ramayana. To illustrate the point a scene from the Ramayana, Sita Swayamwara, is enacted.
Coming back to our couple, the simplicity of their daily life is depcited. Soon the couple starts worrying about not having a child. After years of worrying, they have a child, who they name Byra. Byra is no extraordinary child. However he grows strong in the love of his parents. To illustrate their loving upbringing a story telling session between mother and son is enacted. The parents also tell him the story of Punyakoti.
One fine day Father and son go fishing. Byra is attracted to the flowers growing in the water. While attempting to pick the flowers, he falls in. By the time his father finds him he is dead. The poet describes the scene. He describes how all of nature was calm. The river that claimed the childs life is flowing innocently, not really knowing what chaos it created in the lives of Sidda and Giddi.
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