{"id":211735,"date":"2022-10-26T18:14:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T12:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=211735"},"modified":"2022-12-08T14:11:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T08:41:23","slug":"kantara-what-is-the-controversy-over-the-practice-of-bhoota-kola-in-the-kannada-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/kantara-what-is-the-controversy-over-the-practice-of-bhoota-kola-in-the-kannada-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Kantara: What is the controversy over the practice of \u2018bhoota kola\u2019 in the Kannada movie?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201cKantara: What is the controversy over the practice of \u2018bhoota kola\u2019 in the Kannada movie?\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> published in <\/span><b>Indian Express <\/b>on<b> 26th October 2022<\/b><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kannada film <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kantara<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is being appreciated from all corners for its visual storytelling as well as compelling music and performances.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the movie has also garnered controversies regarding the cultural practice of <\/span><b><i>Bhoota Kola<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">depicted in the movie.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is Bhoota Kola?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bhoota Kola is an annual folk ritual of Tulu-speaking people in Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada and Udupi in Karnataka where local spirits or deities are worshiped<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Performance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bhootada Kola is performed by a trained person who is believed to have temporarily become a god himself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The performer displays an aggressive outlook, dances fiercely and performs multiple rituals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This performer is feared and respected in the community and is believed to give answers to people\u2019s problems on behalf of god. Drums and music give company to the dancing and pooja rituals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Popular Bhootas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Panjurli, Bobbarya, Pilipoota, Kalkuda, Kalburti, Pilichamundi, Koti Chennaya are some of the popular gods (Bhootas) worshipped as part of Bhootada Kola.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Influence: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bhootada Kola is said to have some influence from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yakshagana<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a more popular and widely performed folk dance in coastal Karnataka. Some of the Bhootada Kola rituals also involve walking on a bed of hot coal.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cKantara: What is the controversy over the practice of \u2018bhoota kola\u2019 in the Kannada movie?\u201d published in Indian Express on 26th October 2022 What is the News? Kannada film Kantara is being appreciated from all corners for its visual storytelling as well as compelling music and performances.\u00a0However,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/kantara-what-is-the-controversy-over-the-practice-of-bhoota-kola-in-the-kannada-movie\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kantara: What is the controversy over the practice of \u2018bhoota kola\u2019 in the Kannada movie?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212,7965,9],"tags":[10500],"class_list":["post-211735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211735\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}