PUPPET SHOW.

A traditional traveling puppet group, going from town to town, came to my hometown. so we went to see that puppet  show. Before we watched the puppets show we got a chance to see the puppets and handled them. That puppets are made of wood and clothes. We saw puppet characters based on folk tales, jataka tales and characters based on different dance styles. The puppet's body parts were attached with thread, and the thread  attached to wooden sticks for handling the puppet.

After that, we entered the main hall and they created a small stage for the puppet show. That small stage is like doll's stage. After the curtains opened and puppet show started. It felt like the dolls were alive and they presented the play, because the puppet artists handled those puppets with great skills. They handled the puppets and delivered the dialogs from behind the stage. In that puppet show, they first presented a comedy drama based on Andare's story. The audience laughed and cheered that comedy dialogs and puppet acting. Then they presented a Joker dance and a Tamil dance. At the end of the show, they presented a puppet danced while holding fire torches. That item surprised the audience a lot. It was so joyful, we felt like we were living in a cartoon world