Living Dolls: Story of Indian PuppetsPublications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 1986 - Puppet plays - 58 pages |
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actors aesthetic Amar Singh Rathore Andhra Pradesh audience based on episodes Bommalatam century B.C. Chamdyacha Bahulye characters Chhayanataka coloured shadows contemporary puppet theatre Delhi dolls dramatic fascinating figures representing forms of traditional Ganesha glove-puppets group figure height highly stylized human theatre India INDIAN PUPPETS inspiration Jatra jointed limbs Kalasutri Bahulye Karnataka Kathakali Kathinanda Kathputli Kerala known Krishna legend Kundhei-nacha lamp leather puppets Maharashtra Manipulation technique marionette Natyashastra Odissi oil fed Orissa Oriya performing arts perhaps peteer play proper prose dialogues puppet figures puppet play puppet shows puppeteers stand puppetry puppets of Karnataka puppets of Tamil Putul-nach Radha Rajasthan Rama Ramayana Ravana Ravanachhaya rod-puppets Sakhi Sakhi-kundhei Sangeet Natak Akademi screen shadow play shadow theatre shadow-puppeteers sing and deliver Sita string-puppet theatre string-puppets strings survives Tamil Nadu theatre of Karnataka Thol Pava-kuthu Tholu Bommalata Togalu Gombe-atta tradition of shadow traditional puppeteers type of puppets usually village West Bengal Yakshagana