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Performance of a thovil
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English: “Tovil or "devil-dancing" is a ritualistic healing ceremony that primarily belongs to folk religion. This is to ward off what is called vas-dos in the terminology of the folk religion, the effects of the evil eye, evil mouth, evil thoughts, etc. Tovil is essentially a demonic ritual mainly exorcists in character, and hence a healing ceremony. In its exorcist form, it is meant to curb and drive away any one or several of the innumerable hosts of malevolent spirits, known as yakshas, who are capable of bringing about pathological states of body and mind. Petas or departed spirits of the malevolent type referred to as mala-yakku (mala = dead) or mala-peta, are also brought under the exorcist power of tovil. While some of these could be subdued by the chanting of pirit (Budhist Prayers), there are some for whom methods of a more drastic type have to be adopted. The most popular of such methods is the tovil ceremony
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