Antique Burmese Puppet Head on Stand (Large Man with Red Bowl Hat)

Antique Burmese Puppet Head The Burmese artists created the puppet made of wood of which mobilized with the help of the strings attached to the different parts of the puppet. By that way, they replaced the puppets to the living dancers and which allowed the performance more convenient and more animated. They are made of different woods according to the different characters. They measure less than one meter high. The manipulating of puppet is an art and skill of the puppeteer. A Burmese puppet play is like a ballet - a story told with music and dances. The themes of the puppet plays were drawn from historic legends, the ten great lives and the 550 Birth stories of Lord Buddha. Puppet plays have also been used as a communication tool to voice ideas or concerns upward to the nobility or ruling government. Sometimes these comedy routines bring to light some serious political subject. Since the characters involved in breaching political protocol are often fools and merely puppets, then the