Chadar Badar
| Chadar Badar | |
|---|---|
 Chadar Badar Puppet Folk Art | |
| Medium | Wooden puppets |
| Types | Puppetry |
| Originating culture | Santhal |
Chadar Badar, also known as Santhal Puppetry, is a tribal performing art of the Santhal people,[1] mainly found in the Indian states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar and Assam.[2][3] Once a dying art form, it was revived by the efforts of social activists such as Ravi Dwivedi and exponents like Sukan Mardi[2] and Daman Murmu.[4] The Government of West Bengal has set up a National Puppet Museum at Kankurgachi to preserve the art forms of puppetry including Chadar Badar.[5]
Chadar Badar is performed with the assistance of wooden puppets hung inside a wooden box, open on three or four sides with curtains. The performer narrates stories by words and verse from ancient Santhal culture using the puppets, accompanied by tribal musical instruments.[4] The painted puppets are 5 to 9 inches tall and has movable limbs, manipulated by the performer, using strings attached to them.[3][6]
See also
[edit]- Santhal people
- Gopalila, puppet art of Odisha state of India
- Kathputli (puppetry), puppet art of Rajasthan state of India
- Nokkuvidya pavakali, puppet art of Kerala state of India
- Rabana Chhaya, shadow puppet art of Odisha state of India
- Sakhi kandhei, string puppet art of Odisha state of India
- Shadow play, shadow puppet art which originated in first millennium BCE in India
- Tholpavakoothu, shadow puppet art of Kerala and Tami Nadu states of India
- Tholu bommalata, shadow puppet art of Andhra Pradesh state of India
- Togalu gombeyaata, shadow puppet art of Karnataka state of India
- Wayang, puppet art of Indonesia inspired by Indian puppetry
References
[edit]- ↑ "Daricha". Daricha. 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
- 1 2 "Telegraph India". Telegraph India. 7 January 2011. Archived from the original on May 6, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
- 1 2 Sampa Ghosh, Utpal Kumar Banerjee (2006). Indian Puppets. Abhinav Publications. p. 494. ISBN 9788170174356.
- 1 2 "Daman Murmu". The Hindu. 21 March 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
- ↑ "National Puppet Museum". The Hindu. 23 January 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
- ↑ "Claygun". Claygun Blog. 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
Further reading
[edit]- Sampa Ghosh, Utpal Kumar Banerjee (2006). Indian Puppets. Abhinav Publications. p. 494. ISBN 9788170174356.