Performance · Shilpgram
कठपुतली
String puppets with no legs, worked on two strings, to a reed the puppeteer holds in his mouth
Interrupted and deliberately brought back — by a state body, a trust or a family. Real, but not unbroken.
Rajasthani string puppetry from the Bhat community: carved wooden heads, wide skirts instead of legs, and a boli — a squeaking reed voice — that a family member interprets aloud for the audience. The court patronage that sustained it is gone and the form survives largely through cultural centres and tourism, which is what revived means here.
A nightly hour of Rajasthani folk forms, performed because tickets are sold
A built craft village, honestly labelled: revived, not found
Desk-researched only · last reviewed 2026-08-27
Nobody has stood here and checked. The sources below are leads to verify, not citations — treat times and prices as unconfirmed.