![]() # Therefore, according to the said Scriptures compiled in Ceylon, stringed puppets really existed in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) But movement can be made with a strings attached to it.” ![]() # “Wooden image lacks soul or mind and so lifeless. In addition to this, in Visuddhi Magga Ahtakahta (of the Buddhist Scriptures) there are statements meaning the following. from Pagan period never mentioned a word related to Puppet.”Ī famous native writer- Hla Thamein in his book “Myanmar-Yoke-Thay-Tha-Bin” referred those quotes and supported the idea of the early existence of the puppets. However in all stone inscriptions, ink letters on walls, murals, sculptures etc. “SUNG dynasty was a period contemporary to Pagan when Taung-thu-gyi Min and Sokkatae ruled there. Scholar Chit San Win in his book, “Today’s Puppet Plays” mentioned that – from AD 960 to 1278 was SUNG dynasty, stringed puppet theatre developed and progressed well enough to attract attention of people.” So in Lord Buddha’s time, stringed puppets might have existed. ![]() “I have witnessed those mechanical images were made with limbs and body parts, and joined by strings, and put them to dance by strings. gar-htar No.238, 392, in Khudda Nikaya of Pali text) Two thousand six hundred years ago, Lord Buddha’s female monk, Subhar, mentioned that “I have seen wood images, decorated and moved about by strings attached to hands, feet, back, ears etc. So puppet plays were more encouraged by the public.īecause of that, many native scholars have taken for granted that wood carving, and other visual art, performing arts would suggest an idea of puppet plays in ancient time. Love story played by human was regarded as sin in the long past while wood puppets playing the same role was pardoned by the audience. Buddha’s live stories are also a force behind to create puppets. Here wood carver’s attempt to imitate live dances resulted in puppets. Theatrical marionette performances were born from the repeated attempts to invent the stringed lifeless dolls, moved and acted like human in many ways. Both terms (Marionette & Puppet) are inter-changeable here.
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