A six-to-eight-foot palmyra or metal bow (vil) strung with taut leather cord and hung with bronze jingle bells rests atop a resonant terracotta kudam pot; the lead narrator strikes the bowstring rhythmically with two carved veechukol sticks. 1
Alternating rapid verse dialogue, folk balladry, and chorus refrains accompanied by udukku hourglass drum and wooden kattai clappers during village temple festivals. 1
