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through the medium of laughter, conveys information and knowledge on
several matters of ethical and social importance.
The Vid奴峁�aka characters represented by C膩ky膩rs have ample
verbal facility and are fluent in Sanskrit and Malayalam. They can elaborate
any situation and improvise on any topic. They narrate several interesting
pur膩峁噄c and epic stories, and give lectures on morality and devotion. For
example 'Mantr膩nkam' the third act of Bh膩sa's Pratij帽膩yaugandhar膩ya峁嘺
is preformed in sixteen days Kuzhal奴ttunni, the Vid奴峁�aka character
dominates the stage for almost all the entire course of the play explaining
various 艢膩stras, Puru峁Ｄ乺thas and other age old traditions.
There are slight differences between the C膩ky膩r families in their
systems of acting and training. Though all C膩ky膩rs follow the same
Attaprakaram (manual of acting) of the plays, each C膩ky膩r family has also
developed its own training method even though it adheres to the same
traditional system of theatre education. There are notable difference in the
methods of recitation, the conduct of 'kriy膩s', rituals and conventions, in
the rending of the musical 艣lokas as well as in the rendering costumes and
makeup. But these differences do not affect the general rules of
performance which are univeraslly practiced.
Among these C膩ky膩r families presently only five families are
practising K奴峁璱y膩峁�峁璦m traditionally. Name of these families are Perinchallur