‘Malai koothu’ has evolved, but there’s not much in the art form for ‘koothadi’

‘Malai koothu’, a form of ‘therukoothu’, is culturally moored in the lives of the Malaiyali tribes of Dharmapuri and the Javadhu
and Yelagiri Hills in Tirupathur. But the artists have to strike a balance between the pleasure of pursuit of an art form that caters to an already poor audience and making a living through other jobs