| Chadar Badar |
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| Medium | Wooden puppets |
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| Types | Puppetry |
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| Originating culture | Santhal |
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Chadar Badar, also known as Santhal Puppetry, is a tribal performing art of the Santhal people, [1] mainly found in the Indian states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar and Assam. [2] [3] Once a dying art form, it was revived by the efforts of social activists such as Ravi Dwivedi and exponents like Sukan Mardi [2] and Daman Murmu. [4] The Government of west Bengal has set up a National Puppet Museum at Kankurgachi to preserve the art forms of puppetry including Chadar Badar. [5]
Chadar Badar is performed with the assistance of wooden puppets hung inside a wooden box, open on three or four sides with curtains. The performer narrates stories by words and verse from ancient Santhal culture using the puppets, accompanied by tribal musical instruments. [4] The painted puppets are 5 to 9 inches tall and has movable limbs, manipulated by the performer, using strings attached to them. [3] [6]
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