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A Puppet is a handmade dolls of
cloth that represent various objects like people,
animals or objects. They are made to look like those
objects being represented. This type of toys are
movable in all respects. For instance as for the
puppet of a man, the hands, legs, often eyes and
head are movable.
These movements are made using
threads, sticks or by wearing the puppet directly on
the hand. The people who conduct these movable
objects are called puppeteers. Puppeteers generally
make the puppets move like a real character. One or
more puppeteers synchronize and make them perform on
a song or story. This is called puppetry.
In puppetry there are various
kinds of movable toys involved. It’s just like a
theater play where various puppet characters play
different roles and the voices are given by artists
or even the puppeteer at times.
Puppetry has been the most
ancient and successful form of entertainment.
However, it has lost its position and essence over
the years due to introduction of various other forms
of entertainment but puppetry is still alive in many
parts of the world and will be alive.
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