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File Bhopal
hosts puppet festival by
RC Sahu Bhopal:
Hundreds of people visited a three-day puppet festival here in which entertaining
skits were performed by various artistes. Organised at the popular Rabindar Bhavan
between May 12 to 14, the festival was a hit among the young and old alike. Children,
in particular, enjoyed the event the most, as they had gala time at the festival
dancing and rejoicing attractive performances of puppets. "I liked the elephant
puppet and the monkey dance at the show. I liked the first puppet act of the show,"
said Kriti, a young girl visitor at the puppet festival. Also, the festival brought
together different puppet theatre groups from across the country to display their
puppetry skills. "I am from the Kolkata Puppet Theatre group. I am very happy
to be here. We have got good reception. We are going to perform 'Black Deer' puppet
show today," said Shika Dutta of Kolkata Puppet Theatre Group. Shikha also stated
that events like these with ample patronage would help the puppetry and puppet
artistes gain more scope to exhibit their skills. It would also earn them more
popularity among the younger generation, the kids in particular. Various puppets
group from West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh
participated in this gala and colourful festival. Puppetry is a traditional art
form, whose popularity is fast declining, as the modern-day entertainment options
like television, movies and Internet are fast displacing it particularly in the
urban areas. -May 17, 2009
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