Tolpavakoothu

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Bibliography Books Ajith Kumar, V. 2006. Puppet Theatre: Charithravum Prayogavum ('Puppet Theatre: History and Practice'). Natyadarsana.   Blackburn, Stuart. 1996. Inside the Drama-House. Rama Stories and Shadow Puppets in South India. Berkeley: University of California Press. Online at http://…
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                                    Tolpavakoothu master-artist, Koonathara Krishnankutty Pulavar, was probably one of the most remarkable performers of the last generation. We met for the first time during the World Malayalam Conference held in Thiruvananthapuram in 1970. He and his troupe…
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Tolpavakoothu or Shadow Puppetry is an ancient art form practiced in the Kali temples in north Kerala. It orginally belonged to a world filled with rituals, beliefs and superstitions where the performer, the Pulavar, was highly regarded by the devotees for his orginality, scholarship and his…
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