Santaland - A Day of An Elf

Santaland - A day of An Elf

સાન્ટાલેન્ડ - એક દિવસ એલ્ફનો 

"Santaland - A day of An Elf " is an annual exhibition takes place at St. Paul/Minneapolis. At 8th floor of Macy's, Nicollet Mall, Down town, Minneapolis it was 51st show this year (2013).

Theme of the show is "A day in Life of Elf", exhibited through many animated puppets Elves doing various activities for their year end preparation. Entry to the exhibition is free but expect lot of queues in this holidays and especially during weekends. Exhibition starts a month before Christmas and ends on 24th December every month.

Puppet Show (કઠપુતળી)

 

 

Puppet Show (કઠપુતળી)

 

 

કઠપુતળી, એક જૂની લોક કલાનો પ્રકાર છે. જેમાં લાકડાથી બનાવેલ ઢીંગલાં-ઢીંગલીઓને કપડાંથી સજાવીને તારથી બાંધી, જુદા-જુદા ખેલરૂપે  રજૂ કરવામાં આવે છે.

 

આ લોકકલા 1000 વર્ષ કરતાં પણ જૂની છે. જે મુખ્યત્વે રાજસ્થાનમાં ઉદ્ભવી હોય તેવું મનાય છે. આ લુપ્ત થઇ રહેલી મનોરંજક કલાને આજે પ્રોત્સાહન આપી, આ  પારંપરીક ધરોહરને સાચવવું જરૂરી બન્યું છે.

 

Kathputali - Indian Puppet is an old folk art in which doll made of wood, cloths and wire are used for telling stories with different entertaining presentation.

 

This folk art is more than 1000 year old. This art is believed to be orginated in current indian state, Rajasthan.