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Puppetry is an ancient form of theatre and entertainment of India. This form of art is practised in the rural parts of India, and is referred to by different names - Bommalattam in Tamil, Tholu Bommalata in Telugu and Puthali and Dogulu Gombe in Kannada. The puppets come in a variety of shapes and sizes.
This traditional art is practized by puppeters. The puppeters treat the puppets with reverance, and consider the puppets as devtas or divine. The puppets are treated as members of the family. Once these puppets are old, they are not discarded, but kept at home like aging relatives.  The traditional method of making puppets included shaping a piece of wood to the face of the character, painting it brightly, stuffing the body of the character with cloth, and finally attaching two strings with which the puppet can be manipulated. However, with the passage of time, the puppets are made with six strings that give the puppets more flexibility to move their limbs.
The puppeteers are skilled. They carve the puppets, paint their faces, makes the clothes and ornaments. Then, they build stories that can be enacted by the puppets. Finally, there is the manipulation of the strings. Puppeteers are often referred to as the country cousins of the court poets. The puppeteers with their innate dramatic instinct have adapted to new themes of social upliftment, which help in educating the people as they are entertained. |
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