 DakshinaChitra
organized a festival of Puppetry and Animation
to create awareness of traditional puppetry
and to aid in the promotion of puppetry
as a means of contemporary communication
and entertainment.
This CD presents the following video documentations
on puppetry.
-
Tholpavakoothu
from Kerala by Tholpava Koothu & Puppet
Centre, Kerala
The leather puppet
shadow play is presented periodically
at the Bhagavathi or Bhadrakali temples
of Palghat and neighbouring areas as part
of the ritualistic worship of the goddess.
The group has performed all over India
and abroad.
- Yakshagana Puppetry
by Shri Ganesh Yakshagana Gombeyata Mandali,
Karnataka
The Uppini Kudra Kamath’s
family are well known exponents of Yakshagana
style stringed puppets.
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Tripura
Puppetry by Tripura Puppet Theatre, Tripura
This troupe presented
“Janmadin” a puppet play about
khuku, a little girl’s bithday party,
and the flowering plants.
-
Contemporary
puppetry show by Dolls Theatre, Kolkata.
A group of young puppeteers
from Kolkata presented contemporary puppets
in “Taming of the Wild”.
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