A five-day puppet festival ‘Putul Samaroh 2018’ will begin from Wednesday at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum. The festival is organized by Tribal Folk Art and Language Development (Adivasi Lok Kala Boli Vikas).
The festival that will begin from October 24 will continue till October 28. Artists and puppeteers from across the country are participating in this festival to showcase their talent before the Bhopalites. During the event, a special exhibition of puppets ‘Putli Ghar’ and a puppet workshop on the puppet art will also be held. The artists from different States will present different folk and mythological stories through puppets. It will be a must visit programme for the art lovers of the city. ‘Krishna Katha’ will be presented at the open air auditorium of Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum. The Krishna Katha will be staged in ‘Dhaga Putul’ style. It will be directed by G. Basant Sharma from Imphal, Manipur. In the same sequence, on Thursday the performance 'Sita Haran Prasang’ will be staged in the rod puppet style. It will be directed by Monuni Phase Kunwar of Keonjhar, Orissa.
On October 26 i.e. on Friday, a mythological tale 'Durga Puja’ and folklore ‘Bachao bagh Aaya' will be staged in the guitar and rod puppet style.
It will be directed by Dilip Mandal from Kolkata, West Bengal. On Oct 27 in the direction of Milan Yadav from Lucknow, UP, a folk tale 'Gulbo-Sitaba, Sabse Seer Gehun evam Kabir' will be performed in puppet style.