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Customs, Festivals, & Folklore
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16 & Under
2009
Puppetry plays an important role in spreading knowledge
in most parts of the world.
Puppetry imbibes elements of all art forms of arts with the
application of folklore, painting, sculpture, music, dance and
elements of theatre. Puppetry has emerged as a living form
of communication particularly in the rural areas where technology
hasn’t yet taken over the traditional art forms.
Puppetry enables the students to develop their creativity.
This traditional form of story telling has been extensively
used in India as a popular and an inexpensive medium to
transmit knowledge particularly about Indian myths and legends.
Folklore has been a very important part of this medium.
Our website will showcase the traditional puppetry.
Team will collaborate in designing and production of puppets.
Design classroom projects based on folklore and traditional legends.
Collaboration from other countries in the project to highlight
their traditional puppetry will enhance the collaborative project.
LAUNCHING OF THE WEBSITE:
21 March 2009: THE WORLD PUPPETRY DAY.
We chose this day to submit the website as part of the
celebrations across the world to promote and acknowledge
the importance of puppetry.
Several programs like Screening of films and short
puppet performances have been organised world wide.
We dedicate our website ‘Life on the Strings’ on this historical day
to the wonderful people who has kept the Art of Puppetry
alive for generations to ponder over this amazing craft over the ages...
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