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Puppetry as an ancient mode of mass communication holds immense potential even in this high tech era. The age-old folk art puppetry is the synthesis of various arts: sculpture, design, music, mime, dance and theatre, and the puppet itself. It is the crystallization of the imagination and magic of the puppeteer. Puppetry is one of most lively and successful folk theatrical forms in India. It is the most sophisticated enactments with boundless possibilities for revolution and creation. using puppets for educational purposes                                                                                                         According to a scholar puppeteer Meher Rustom Contractor, “puppets have a subtle impact on simple audience which no human can achieve”. She has used puppets for over fifteen years to teach children physiology , hygiene ,civic ,history , geography and poetry, the subject s are conveyed to the children more vividly and are remembered more easily through t

Advantages of puppetry as a communication medium arises from the facts that (a) Puppets are moving Puppets come to life as characters, a hero to cheer or a villain to boo, a tragic figure who can move us to tears or a comic figure who will make us laugh. With a van, a portable stage, some battery-powered amplifiers and a few people for the ride, they can travel even to those areas inaccessible to the mass media. Not only do they adopt local customs and costumes but they also and neighbours get accepted as friends (b) Puppets are safe Since they are characters, not people, puppets are the ideal medium for discussing sensitive issues. They create a world in which we recognize ourselves and identify with the characters as the drama unfolds. It is an extraordinary fact that the audience accepts from a puppet what would have caused offence or embarrassment if it came from a live actor. That is why puppets are now widely used in teaching on AIDS and other sensitive matt

Shadow play, also known as shadow puppetry, is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment which uses flat articulated cut-out figures (shadow puppets) which are held between a source of light and a translucent screen or scrim. The cut-out shapes of the puppets sometimes include translucent color or other types of detailing. Various effects can be achieved by moving both the puppets and the light source. A talented puppeteer can make the figures appear to walk, dance, fight, nod and laugh. This tradition of shadow puppets survives in Odisha, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Though the shadow puppetry has distinct identity, languages and dialects in which they are performed, they share a common world view, aesthetics and themes. 👉The narratives are mainly based on the epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata, Purans, local myths and tales.         1. Togalu Gombeyatta – Karnataka The shadow puppet art practiced in Karnataka is call