Irulars are known to use unusual musical instruments, which include percussion types such as Pere and Thambate and wind instruments such as Kuvalu and Nagasura. Constructed of materials sourced from forests, these are essential for their festivals, rituals, and cultural manifestations.

Irulars perform their dance-together, simultaneously doing their own distinct dances in concentric circles, made up of men in the outer and women in the inner circle. All of these rhythmic activities bound together with melodious music around a festival, ritual, or social activity within the community.