Yakshagana makeup

This page is about costumes and makeup in Yakshagana. Please see Yakshagana page for other details like origin of Yakshagana, raga, tala and instruments used in this art.
Costumes
Yakshagna costumes are rich in color and is predominated by red. The costumes or Vesha in Kannada depends on characters depicted in the play or prasanga. It also depends on Yakshagana style or tittu.
Ornaments
Badagutittu Yakshagana Ornaments are made out of light wood, mirror work, colored stones.
Though lighter materials like thermocol are used in modern days ornaments are still predominated by wood work.
Bedagu tittu costumes consits of head gear (Kireeta or Pagade), Kavacha that decorates chest, Buja Keerthi (armlets) that decorates shoulder and belts (Dabu) all made up of light wood and covered with golden foil. Mirror works on these ornaments helps to reflect light during show and adds more color to costumes. These armaments are worned on a vest and covers upper half of the body. Lower half is covered with Dhoti that comes in a unique combination of red, black and orange checks. Bulkey pads (cloths) are used under Dhoti and this makes charecter different from general audiance in size.
Tenku tittu ornaments consists of relatively less wood. Ornaments are made out of padded cloths and thermocol. The vest is much longer and covers considerable portion of lower body.

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