Puppet show, lecture held under ‘Gamak’

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Puppet show, lecture held under ‘Gamak’

Tuesday, 01 December 2020 | Staff Reporter | Bhopal

Under the 'Gamak' series the puppet show and a lecture was organized at Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum on Monday.

A lecture by Vibhash Upadhyay, Bhilai on the diversity of art and stories of Panchatantra were concentrated in glove and thread effigy style. The presentation began with a lecture by Upadhyay, in which he discussed the history of puppets from Lord Shiva and King Vikramaditya till date. He elaborated on the puppet styles prevalent in other countries including India. In today's presentation, the story of Panchatantra - fairy and woodcutter, Boleen cave, magical wings, snake and snake charmer, three thugs, two-headed woodcutter, elephant and ant and intelligent artist etc. were displayed in glove and thread effigy style.

Upadhyay received his effigy training in Poona in the year 1997 under the Literacy Campaign for Science Awareness and after that, the process of learning and displaying this art has been going on continuously. You learned the ventriloquist effigy style through the Internet, conducted various workshops, and performed many social awareness topics through this art.

Upadhyay has performed puppet art on many prestigious forums in the country, and has used puppet art at the International Drama Festival in Sri Lanka and Spain.Upadhyay has received Natya Vibhushan and Natyashree and many other awards.

In the puppet presentation, Upadhay was accompanied by Anita Upadhyay and Lalbabu as announcer, Thread Puppet Operations by Vibhash Upadhyay,glove Puppet Operator by Akash Verma, Nomendra Sinha, Rakesh Deshmukh, Lokesh Verma and  Jitendra Sahu, Sound composition and lighting hypothesis Vibhash Upadhyay was brilliantly performed.

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