Question

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

Puppetry is an ancient form of theatre and entertainment practised mostly in rural India . it is , in

fact, a combination of several art forms like sculpture, painting, designing , acting, writing and music.

It is an art which enchants children as well as adults.

A large variety of raw materials are used to create puppets. The famous puppets of Rajasthan are

made out of wood and are known as kathputli. Leather, papier-mache, and stuffed cloth are also

frequently used to make puppets.

Puppets may be classified according to the material they are made from or the methods of

manipulating them, that is, the means used by the puppeteer to make the puppets move, for

example, hand puppets, string puppets, rod puppets and shadow theatre. In India, puppets are

regarded as divine and held in reverence by the puppeteer. After they become old and worn out,

they are not discarded but kept at home like ageing relatives. The stories enacted by the puppets are

influenced by the epics-Ramayana and Mahabharata, the Panchatantra stories and glorious tales of

past warriors and heroes.

The islands of Bali and Sumatra in Indonesia also have a rich tradition of puppetry .Japan is famous

for its puppet theatre called ‘bunraku’, in which majestic dolls almost 150cm tall are animated and

skilfully manipulated by several puppeteers.

a. Explain the ways in which puppets are classified.

b. How many kinds of puppets are there according to the method of manipulating them?

c. What is the source of the stories told in India through puppetry?​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) puppets are classified according to material they are made from such as, leather, wool, paper mache, and stuffed cloth.

b) hand puppets, string puppets, rod puppets, and shadow theatre.

c) Divine epic stories like Ramayana and Mahabharata, The panchtantra stories and glorious takes of past worriors and heroes.