11/11/2022 0 Comments History of puppetry![]() The text accompanying it says, “ In ludo monstrorum designatur vanitas vanitatum,” which roughly translates as, “Playing unnatural things indicates vanity of vanities.” So this is actually a depiction of puppetry as a frivolous and vain pursuit. ![]() The earliest known drawing of puppets in Europe is from 1170, in the Hortus Deliciarum (“The Garden of Delights”) by Harrad von Landsberg, in Strasbourg. “The rest of the festival of Dionysius is ordered by the Egyptians much as it is by the Greeks, except for the dances but in place of the phallus they have invented the use of puppets a cubit long moved by strings, which are carried about the villages by women, the male member moving and near as big as the rest of the body.”Īncient puppet shows were definitely entertaining! Middle Ages Herodotus described a festival of Dionysius (god of wine and debauchery) in 445 BC: Puppets were also used for public ceremonies. These jointed clay figures were found in children’s tombs and appear to have been used as toys. Some of the earliest surviving puppets come from Ancient Greece and Rome. Picture to Puppet is part of a varied and illustrious heritage, as you will soon discover! Antiquity There have been famous puppets like Punch and Kermit, and many more whose names are lost to history. They perform “Krishna Leela” on birthdays, “ Girija Kalyana” on wedding days and “ Swargarohana” when a death takes place.As a follow up to last week’s post about puppets around the world, this week we’re going to take a brief look at the history of puppets in the Western world! From Ancient Greece to the Muppets, puppets have taken all sort of forms and entertained all levels of society. The themes depend on the occasions for which the Puppeteers are invited. The music is provided by rubbing a reed on the back of a bell-metal dish, a mukha-veena or a harmonium. The headman, his wife and children, gives the male, female, and children voices respectively. The core of the performance is enacted during which detailed and dramatically prolonged episodes from Ramayana, Mahabharata, stories from Puranas and the Devi scriptures are presented. They attract the audience by observations, gestures, jokes and comments on village affairs. In order to announce that the show is about to commence a pair of buffoons Silekyatha and his hilarious wife, Bangarakka makes an appearance on the screen. The performance is commenced with an invocation to Lord Ganesha and Saraswati. ![]() In Karnataka, the glove puppets are known as ‘Chinni Patti’.ĭuring a puppetry performance in a village, a rectangular stage is set up by using split bamboo and woolen blankets (Kambli). The glove puppet shows on the theme of two women, ‘Gulabo’ and ‘Sitabo’ are very popular in Lucknow. The glove puppets of Bengal are known as ‘Bener Putul’ and the art is practised by members of the ‘Kahar’ tribes. In Tamil Nadu also the performance of glove puppetry is described as ‘Pavakoothu’. The themes of this theatre are mainly Radha-Krishna stories and episodes from the Ramayana. Their performance is known as ‘Pava Kathakali’ or ‘Pavakoothu’. The glove puppets of Kerala are more ornate, colourful and resemble the actors on the Kathakali stage in their make-up and costume. The glove puppets in Orissa are referred as ‘ Sakhi Kundhei’ and the performance is called Gopa Lila Kundhei or Kundhei Nacha. The puppeteer narrates his story in verse or prose, while the puppets provide the visual treat. These puppets are worn on the hand and the puppeteer manipulates their heads and arms with his fingers. The glove puppets are found mainly in Odisha, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, parts of Uttar Pradesh and the southern part of West Bengal. ![]() There are four basic kinds of puppets – glove, string, rod and shadow. ![]()
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