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Shadow Puppet Performance
Backstage action: The puppeteers lit lamps, play music, sing songs and speak dialogues for the shadow puppets which dance in front of the transclucent white screen. A traditional shadow puppet performance from Kerala is called Tolpavakoothu. Leather-made puppets are placed in front of a white screen, while being lit by lamps placed in a row on the other side of the screen. Musicians and puppeteers stand backstage and maneouver the puppets with the aid of sticks attached to the slim leather figures.
Shadow Puppet Performance
Backstage action: The puppeteers lit lamps, play music, sing songs and speak dialogues for the shadow puppets which dance in front of the transclucent white screen. A traditional shadow puppet performance from Kerala is called Tolpavakoothu. Leather-made puppets are placed in front of a white screen, while being lit by lamps placed in a row on the other side of the screen. Musicians and puppeteers stand backstage and maneouver the puppets with the aid of sticks attached to the slim leather figures.