Padaveeran Theyyam by Ratheesh Sundaram, Kerala

Theyyam (Malayalam: തെയ്യം‍) or Theyyattam or Thira is a popular Hindu ritual form of worship of North Malabar in Kerala state, India, predominant in the Kolathunadu area (consisting of present-day Kasargod, Kannur Districts, Mananthavady Taluk of Wayanad and Vadakara & Koyilandy Taluks of Kozhikode of Kerala state. As a living cult with several thousand-year-old traditions, rituals and customs, it embraces almost all the castes and classes of the Hindu religion in this region. The performers of Theyyam belong to the lower class community, and have an important position in Theyyam.
The term Theyyam is a corrupt form of Devam or God. People of these districts consider Theyyam itself as a God and they seek blessings from this TheyyaPadaveeran Theyyam is one
among various forms of theyyam

{in the fourth and fifth pic you can see the sacrificial ritual which offered to god (hen)}

(na pic quarta e quinta você pode ver o ritual de sacrifício que se oferecia a Deus (galinha))