{"id":22947,"date":"2020-06-05T13:14:37","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T13:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phillips.xenetwork.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=22947"},"modified":"2020-07-22T06:24:34","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T06:24:34","slug":"yudhishthira-puppet","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/phillipsantiques.com\/product\/yudhishthira-puppet\/","title":{"rendered":"Yudhishthira Puppet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Andhra Pradesh (South India)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Framed Leather Shadow Puppet<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In Andhra Pradesh the <i>Tholu Bomalatta<\/i> tradition of travelling shadow puppet theatre typically enacts the voluminous epics, <i>Ramayana<\/i> and <i>Mahabharata<\/i>. Made from goat, cow or buffalo skin, the Andhra Pradesh puppets are sometimes more than five feet high. They are translucent, stained in vegetable dyes and are extremely stylised in facial garment rendering. Viewed as shadows from behind a lamp-lit cloth screen, the puppets are manipulated with the help of bamboo sticks at certain points, usually at the joints on the shoulders, knees, elbows and head. The highly animated performance, along with the drum beat and loud narration of stories is highly effective in mesmerising the spectators transporting them into another world. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Andhra Pradesh (South India)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Framed Leather Shadow Puppet<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In Andhra Pradesh the <i>Tholu Bomalatta<\/i> tradition of travelling shadow puppet theatre typically enacts the voluminous epics, <i>Ramayana<\/i> and <i>Mahabharata<\/i>. Made from goat, cow or buffalo skin, the Andhra Pradesh puppets are sometimes more than five feet high. They are translucent, stained in vegetable dyes and are extremely stylised in facial garment rendering. Viewed as shadows from behind a lamp-lit cloth screen, the puppets are manipulated with the help of bamboo sticks at certain points, usually at the joints on the shoulders, knees, elbows and head. The highly animated performance, along with the drum beat and loud narration of stories is highly effective in mesmerising the spectators transporting them into another world.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22950,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Unlock the Enchanting World of Leather Shadow Puppets from Andhra Pradesh, India","_seopress_titles_desc":"Explore Andhra Pradesh&#039;s unique Tholu Bomalatta culture of shadow puppet theatre and see the stunning detail and craftsmanship of the puppets. Experience traditional epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata with the help of bamboo sticks and lively performances brought alive by drum beats and narration.","_seopress_robots_index":"","content-type":""},"product_cat":[50,436,71],"product_tag":[260],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phillipsantiques.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/22947"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phillipsantiques.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phillipsantiques.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phillipsantiques.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phillipsantiques.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phillipsantiques.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=22947"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phillipsantiques.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=22947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}