Rajasthan's Soni Sisters Take Puppetry Into Their Own Hands To Revive Dying Art, Late Grandfather's Legacy

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The Soni sisters of Barmer are on a mission to revive the dying art of puppetry and carry on the legacy of their late grandfather.

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00:00While most of the children these days are glued to mobile phones,

00:29three little sisters from Rajasthan's Barmer are on a mission to revive the dying art

00:33of puppetry and carry on the legacy of their late grandfather.

00:39Jyoti Soni, Sanju Soni and Harishta Soni are engaged in a campaign to revive the puppet

00:45art on the streets of Barmer, which once used to bustle with puppetry shows to entertain

00:51people.

00:53For the Soni sisters, puppetry is not just an art.

00:57It is the legacy of their grandfather late Shyamlal Soni, which they are giving a new identity.

01:08A retired teacher by profession, Shyamlal Soni was a patron of puppetry art and wanted that

01:14the traditional folk art should get a national identity.

01:18Shyamlal, who taught the nuances of the art to his granddaughters in the last years of

01:23his life, passed away during the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving his dream unfulfilled.

01:31His granddaughters are now working to fulfill that dream.

01:36The Soni sisters make puppets, present folktales with them, and are trying to connect people

01:42with the dying art.

01:44Tanju Soni, the second eldest Soni sister who has won many awards for puppet shows, said

01:51that it was the grandfather's dream that the art should not die out.

01:58Tanju Soni, the second eldest son of the Lord.

02:06Shama, the father of Samlal Soni, the father of Samlal Soni, the father of Samlal Soni, the

02:13one of them who taught this class.

02:15I taught this class from my grandfather.

02:17They were shocked to tell them that they were very excited for this class.

02:19he also has taught us to improve this culture

02:24that we were also doing and she taught us to learn more.

02:27My father has taught us to teach us.

02:32We also learned how much more.

02:34I feel like my dad's culture is so much higher.

02:38I told him that I would not like it,

02:42and everyone would like to know what is so important.

02:45I wanted to show you everything. My grandmother is so far.

02:52I went to Joghpur Sambhaagistan.

02:56In the program, I had a tradition in Joghpur Sambhaagistan.

03:00I was very proud of the Sambhaagistan.

03:04It was very good for me.

03:06I was very proud of my family.

03:10And now, I am joined in a team in the summer camp.

03:16I am also doing my name as Katputtikala.

03:20I am teaching my children.

03:22I am very proud of them.

03:27Harshita, the youngest Soni sister, turns emotional

03:31over her late grandfather's dream to take puppetry to the national stage.

03:36I have made my grandfather's parents.

03:41And I will reach this way.

03:45This is my story.

03:47My grandfather taught me.

03:49I used to make my grandfather's parents

03:52and make my father's parents

03:54and make my father's parents

03:56and make my father's parents

03:59and how to make it that way.

04:02But I used to live a child

04:03to make a child in my family.

04:04I used to make my family.

04:05And it's my father to make my father

04:06and then it's my father.

04:07I used to live a child

04:09and I used to use my father's parents.

04:12But still, I used to live a child.

04:14Yes.

04:15But I became a child.

04:17And so I used to live a child.

04:20Why would I still live?

04:22When I used to live,

04:25I used to live on a family.

04:28I had a dream of my dad's dream, and I had a dream of my dad's dream.

04:34Hello, my name is Popat, and this is my father.

04:40Hello.

04:42I have a dream of my dad's dream, and I have a dream of my dad's dream.

04:59Gautam Chan Soni, the Soni sister's father and a teacher by profession, is himself adept in this art and is now teaching it to his daughters.

05:12My dad's dream of my father's dream, which is a dream of my dad's dream.

05:20I'm a dream of others.

05:21I've been learning the children's dream of my family.

05:26I've been learning the children in the past.

05:29My dad's dream of mine is also a dream.

05:31I've been learning the children to learn the children's dream.

05:34My third child has grown on this dream.

05:38After the death of Pita ji, the father had been shooting, and he said to him that he was the same thing, and he was the same thing.

05:51And after the death of Pita ji, he was looking at the death of the Pita ji and he was looking at the death of the death of the Pita ji.

06:03After seeing this class, we have taken a lot of attention to this class.

06:09All of these children are learning about their class,

06:14and today they have taken a lot of attention to their class.

06:19This class has come to Jairpur.

06:24My father is retired from Ganchog school.

06:29I am also a teacher in Baldinagar School, I am a teacher in Baldinagar, and today I am learning the color of these children.

06:38The teacher's class, as we have learned from them, they have awarded some awards,

06:44and they have awarded some awards from APJ Abdul Kalam,

06:48and they have awarded some of the classes in the future.

06:53They are also learning the classes, and I am also working on this class.

06:57With the phone, there is a lot of interest in this class.

07:00And when I have a class, these children come to us,

07:04like my dad and my dad are sitting in the same way,

07:07and they are making their own experience in this class.

07:11We are working on the government,

07:14that the quality of the class is going to be in the future,

07:18so that children have new skills and new classes,

07:21so that children have more attention from mobile,

07:24and give attention to this class.

07:26and give attention to this class.

07:28The efforts of the little girls are bearing fruit,

07:38as children are learning the dying art in today's digital world,

07:42and the art is again being discussed among people.

07:45Puppetry art of Rajasthan is centuries old,

07:50and is linked to the Bhart community of the state.

07:54In this art, folk tales, mythological stories,

07:57and social messages are presented through colorful puppets.

08:01There was a time when puppet shows in every village were the main means of entertainment and education of the people.

08:11But in the modern entertainment medium and digital age,

08:14the folk art has been pushed to the margins.

08:50you

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