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Tholu Bomalatta

Tholu Bomalatta

Tholu Bomalatta

In Andhra Pradesh the Tholu Bomalatta shadow puppets are made from goat, cow or buffalo skin, these shadow puppets are sometimes more than five feet high. They are translucent, stained in vegetable dyes and are extremely stylised in facial and garment rendering.This tradition of travelling shadow puppet theatre typically enacts the epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata.