Scholars trace the craft back to the Satavahana period (circa 200 BCE) and note its long history of royal patronage and regional spread. Performances traditionally retold episodes from the Ramayana and Mahabharata and were an important source of cultural education and entertainment.
Tholu Bommalata — The Dance of Leather Puppets
Tholu Bommalata (literally “the dance/play of leather puppets”) is the traditional shadow-puppet theatre of southern India. For centuries it brought the great epics and local stories to village audiences through painted, translucent leather puppets, music and storytelling.
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