![]() Puppet theatre in an old traditional art form of Bangladesh and once it was the spine of our village entertainment but now it is possibly the least developed in our country. The earliest mention of puppetry occurs in an ancient Indian epic ‘Mahabharata’ written in the ninth century B.C almost four thousand years ago. Puppetry is perhaps the oldest surviving art form of the world. The more the children get exposed to the creative world, the more their own talents begin to get expressed. ![]() It includes drawing, painting, modeling, sculpture as well as acting, singing, costume designing and every other form of dramaturgy. Puppetry is such a performing art that almost all forms of arts and crafts have been combined into it. So, the creativity and originality of the child must be nurtured and enriched. A child has a magic eye to see various things in his own magical way. All children have creative instinct and they want to express themselves in their own way through games, music, painting, drama and so on. Modern theories of learning has emphasized on ‘entertaining’ children first in order to educate them, believing that burden becomes light when cheerfully borne. Rabindranath Tagore, in writing, said ‘in our country childhood education system contains no delight for children’. Asad Hossen | BRAC UniversityĬhildren possess a power to such an extent that they can travel even beyond imagination. Since this art form includes almost all other types of art, this will help enhance each child’s ability to choose their own best. This aims to provide a healthy environment and a ground to play. The children centre will help children to explore the colors of their imagination. It will also provide workshops on puppetry and live puppet shows where the children can participate. The theater aims to produce puppet animated films on various stories that will help them learn values of life. Puppet, to a child, is like his/her play-mate. Puppet as an art form communicates best with the children. The project has two wings: one is the animation theater based on puppetry and other is the children centre. This project will perform as a home ground for our children. They will grow up so as they can make a difference. They will find all the colours of life and will be able to create their own philosophy of it. They need a space of their own, where they will learn to know about themselves, and about the world that surrounds them. Schools are not enough for children’s better up growing. They practice slavery for moving forward and young mind grabs whatever it finds. People are becoming desensitized, so as our children. Today we live in a polluted city and we cannot avoid human pollution from our life, form our society. The project, ‘Centre For Puppetry’, aims to create a better world for the children that will ensure them to grow up in a joyful environment, to learn the basics of life, to see the difference between light and darkness, to choose the right path.
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