![]() In Odisha, glove puppets enact tales of Radha and Krishna. This tradition is popular in the states of Odisha, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Kerala. The puppeteer uses three fingers to manipulate a puppet and produce a wide range of movements. The rest of the puppet is dressed in a long-flowing skirt. There is the head made of cloth, wood or papier mache. They are also called sleeve, palm or hand puppets. #Types of puppetry full#Glove puppets are manipulated by the puppeteer in full view of the audience. The puppets are generally small in size Glove puppets: Human and animal characters are used as well as props like tree, mountains and chariots. They have to be manipulated with great skill for this reason. They are joint less-that is, each is in one piece. #Types of puppetry skin#The Ravanachhaya shadow puppets made of deer skin belong to Odisha. The Togalu Gombeyatta puppets are usually smaller in size, but the puppets depicting kings and religious characters are larger than those depicting the common people. The classical music of the region influences the music played in the shows. Tholu Bommalata puppets are large with jointed waist, shoulders, elbows and knees. While the Tolpavakoothu of Kerala and the Tholu Bommalata of Andhra Pradesh mainly depict episodes from the epics, the Togalu Gombeyatta of Karnataka deals with secular themes and characters. The puppets have several joints to facilitate movement. Shadow puppets, mostly made of animal hides, beautifully coloured and ornately perforated, are popular in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Odisha and Kerala. ![]() ![]() When they are pressed against the screen with a strong source of light behind it, silhouettes are created on the screen. Shadow puppets are flat, leather puppets made translucent. The art is found in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh also. Folk and classical elements are fused in the music that is played.īommalattam of Tamil Nadu is a remarkably skilful art in which huge realistic puppets are manipulated by the puppeteer with the help of strings attached to a circular metal ring on his head and two rods in his hands. The episodes enacted are based on prasangas of Yakshagana plays. Five to seven strings on the puppet are tied to a prop. ![]() The Gombeyatta puppet figures are styled like the Yakshagana characters, with joints at the legs, shoulders, elbows, hips and knees. ![]()
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