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Kalasutri Bahuliya and Chamdyacha Bahuliya-Traditional Puppet forms of Maharashtra

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Sri Parasuram Gangavane's Puppets Sri Parasuram Gangavane's Puppets Sri Parasuram Gangavane holding  Rakshashi Puppets Sri Parsuram Gangavane holding his two string puppets Sri Parsuram Gangavane's string puppets Folk plays or Lok Kala is a way of representing and interpretation of the various aspects of human life and community life through dance, music, and drama. No doubt that in India, folk plays have had an incredible influence on the lives of masses in rural areas mainly, due to the underlined principles of entertainment and education. The folk performance familiarizes the rural masses to the magical and mysterious world of the universe. In rural and tribal cultures, ritualistic practices are like ritualistic commandments and there are ineradicable marks on the minds of the masses. Music, dance, drama, folk theatre, or puppetry our country India, had all of it in abundance. So, is the with Puppetry- folk art form of India. In India, th...