World Puppetry Day 2024. This is celebration of the art of Puppetry which is done all over the world. 'Lucharam' A puppet show will be performed by the Nori Art and Puppetry Centre A Panchatantra Tale Adapted from the original ‘Frogs and the serpent’ The origin of the Panchatantra and the importance of Vishnu Sharma as a story-teller is highlighted. Froggistan is the land of frogs where the proud king Maindak Singh happily rules … till Lucharam , the serpent and natural enemy of these frogs comes along and decides to settle down amongst them,disrupting their happiness .How he cunningly plans to make the frogs his prey by boosting the ego of the royal family, and how the frogs in turn use their intelligence to get rid of the greedy serpent forms the basis for this puppet play. The story , in turn activates the intellect of the three stupid princes of King Sudersana who are much wiser afterwards. From time immemorial stories have been used to educate children in an entertaining way ,making it possible to learn naturally .Even today children can learn and be entertained by this puppet play. A Forty-minute bilingual production in English with songs in Hindi and slokas in Sanskrit. Lucharam has travelled all over the country and been received with great enthusiasm by the audience and the press. The puppets used in this play are Rod , glove and mouth puppets and masks
World Puppetry Day Celebrations
PUPPET SHOW
1.0 hrs
March 21, 2024 6:30 pm Thursday
Organizer
NORI ART AND PUPPETRY CENTRE
NAPC is a registered NGO that believes in reaching out through puppetry by conducting workshops, preparing and giving live performances for audiences in all walks of life including under privileged and handicapped children and adults They help motivate, inform and educate and entertain on several issues facing society. Some Major organizations associated with in the past; Sangeeth Natak Academy, New Delhi, CAPART, Council for the Advancement of People’s Rural Technology and Advancement, UNDP United Nations Development Programme, South Asia Poverty Alleviation Project, NCERT, NCSTC,DST, New Delhi, CCRT. ICCR, Department of Culture, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, New Delhi, ARDSI . Alzheimer's And Related Disorders Society of India .
The organization has conducted many training programmes for children , teachers and community workers in the use of puppetry as an educational tool and made productions for well-known educational organizations. They have given many performances and participated in several interviews and documentaries on Television and other media .They have also participated in various festivals all over the country and abroad giving performances and conducting workshops. They have conducted workshops and performances for several prestigious schools and institutions in the twin cities both for adults and children.
Smt Ratnamala Nori, holds a B.A(Fine) degree from M.S.U, Baroda, M.A.(Ancient, Indian History, Culture &Archeology) from Osmania University, A.M.I Diploma In Montessori Training, P.G Diploma in Mass Com and Journalism(IGNOU). With full support of her husband and two children she founded The Nori Art &Puppetry Centre, a cultural N.G.O. at Hyderabad.in 1994. She received an Ugadi Purushkar award for her innovative work with puppetry in 1998 .A Nandi award for a programme made for Hyderabad Doordarshan –Maya Oka Japan Katha and an NCERT Award in 1987 for her educational toy-a puppet.