Sunday, January 18, 2009

Buttabommalu are the village traditional puppets. These items are mainly using in the villages (or) anywhere in India to motivate the people by passing the messages like Gender equality, Environmental awareness, Adult literacy, Tree plantation, Girl child education, Child labor and many more.

In District Science fare Entertaining
Students & Teachers

On the Occasion of International Women's day Celebration
-A Road Show was given on "Violence against women"
with Police Department

A Rally on "WE CAN" Programme with
Mythri Women Development Organization

A Road show on the occasion
of International Women's day

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Puppet Show in School Anniversary
about "Importance of Girl Child Education"

Puppet show on "Gender Equality"
at AP Women's network

Puppet Education at District Science fare

Puppet show at District Science fare

Puppetry Training given to
non-formal education centers teaching staff

Puppetry is one of the most ancient form of entertainment in the work besides providing entertainment, this visual art form is also used for conveying meaningful messages. All through the ages, from the ancient Chinese to the Romans, people have used puppets to entertain themselves and to tell stories.

The word puppet derived from the latin word ‘pupa’ or French word ‘poupee’ both means doll. But puppet is not a doll. There is no definite definition of puppet. But some artisits and scholars describe it in different ways. Here we know some definitions:


paul macfharlin in his “puppet theater in America” says – “theatrical figure moved under human control”.


Helen Binyon in “puppetry today” says “puppetry is man made actor, inanimate object to which human being have found a means of giving an appearance of life”.


Margarata Nichulese, Director of the Taundarica Theater in Bucharest says “a Plastic picture endowed with ability of acting and presenting somebody”.


In Webster’s New school and office dictionary-“a small doll or image especially one moved by wires in a mock drama, one who is under the influence and control of another”.

Bil Baird in “Art of the puppet” says- An inanimate figure, that is made to move by effort before an audiences”.


Puppet is a part of man’s ancient urge to recreate life that results in this many layered art. It is also a means of communication, an extension of human expression. When a person finds in the world around him a man, an animal, a shape of a situation, and something strikes him, a funny or frightening (or) sad (or) awkward about it, he picks out the essence and builds it into puppet.


A variety of innovations in puppetry in different parts of the world have resulted in professional puppet theater groups performing on international forums.


In modern times educationalists all over the world have realized the potential of puppetry as a medium for communication. Many institutions and individuals in India are involving students in the use of puppetry for communicating educational concepts.


Puppetry has been successfully used to motivate emotionally and physically handicapped students to develop their mental and physical faculties awareness programmes about the conservation of the natural and cultural environment have also proved to be useful.


These programmes aim at sensitizing the students to the beauty in word, sound, form, color and movement. The aesthetic satisfaction derived from making of puppets and communicating through them helps in the all round development of the personality of the child.


Stories adapted from puraanic literature, local myths and legend usually from the content of traditional puppet theater in India which, in tutu, imbibes elements of all creative expressions like painting, sculpture, music, dance, drama, etc.


The presentation of puppet programmes involves the creative efforts of many people working together. Almost all types of puppets are found in India. Puppetry throughout the ages has held an important place in traditional entertainment.


Like traditional theater themes for puppet theater are mostly based on epics and legends. Puppets from different parts of the country have their own identity regional styles of painting and sculpture are reflected in them.













Monday, January 12, 2009


Puppet shows or pantomimes are another kind of dramatization, which is becoming increasingly popular, particularly with children. India has a ling tradition of puppet shows and it is puppet shows, the puppets may be mechanically operated or they can be operated by hand with the help of strings. It is the operator, who speaks for the puppets in different tones and plays different role. If the teacher can learn puppet operation, he may deliver a whole lesson in history through the puppets.



But may be more ambitious puppets on teams in history with proper use of light and stage effects. After every puppet show there should be follow up work in the class as indicated in the case of full-fledged dramatization. The advantage of puppet show over other kinds of dramatization is that it requires mush less preparation and expanse. A single person can operate the whole show.



It may also take the form of dramatized narration and may be directly relevant to the subject matter of a lesson (as in the case of class dramatization). At the same time its appeal is almost equivalent to that of full-fledged dramas. It is need less to say that that puppet shows have the greatest appeal for pupils of primary classes, but even pupils of higher classes can be interested in them.








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