There are different types of face painting for which primary & secondary colours are used.Then the dancer comes in front of the shrine or sthanam and gradually metamorphises as the particular deity of shrine. After certain rituals , the helpers places the head dress on his head and then dances.

In the background folk musical instruments like drum, cymbal, kuzhal, perumbra, conch, utukku and chermangalam are played with rhythm.The rhythm of the playing of these instuments varies from theyyam to theyyam.