The Bhat community of Rajasthan is very famous community for puppetry in Rajasthan. This is the community which practices the Puppet shows from the ancient time of Rajasthan may be more than a thousand years. The word means the game of Kathputali dance.
The Rajasthan is the land of art and distinguish culture and Kathputali dance is the unique part of this desert land. The puppets dance also known as the Amar Singh ka khel. Amar singh was the great ruler of marwar region of Rajasthan. He makes start this art in all over the Rajasthan. This art is famous in the district Nagore Rajasthan.
The Bhat artists were uses the puppet shows as the narrating to heroic stories from village to village. The theme of the Kathputali dance involves love, bravery, separation, story of heroes of Rajasthan with the glorious singing of delightful songs. During the performances of the puppet shows the Bhat artist moves the puppets with singing various songs in a narrating style. It looked so magical to see this type of great art. These artists always move from one place to another place for narrating the tales of the Rajasthan’s great and brave heroes or the great lovers of Rajasthan.
There is an illustration to learn more about the great art of Rajasthan by the Bhat community as follows.
Video of Bhat Songs :
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