Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7

by Edgar Thurston

Uyyāla (a swing).—An exogamous sept of Māla, Mutrācha, and Yerukala. During the marriage ceremonies of Brāhmans and some non-Brāhman castes, the bride and bridegroom are seated in a swing within the marriage booth, and songs called uyyāla patalu (swing songs) are sung by women to the accompaniment of music.

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[1] Gazetteer of the South Arcot district.

[2] Gazetteer of the South Arcot district.

[3] Cf. Nāyādi.

[4] Native Life in Travancore, 1883.

[5] Monograph, Eth. Survey, Cochin, No. 9, 1906.

[6] Manual of the Malabar district.

[7] Manual of the North Arcot district.

[8] Archæolog. Survey of India. Annual Report, 1902–1903.