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Folk arts are broadly classified into folk songs, folk drama and folk dance.
Folk Songs are the spontaneous, meaningful expression of the village folk tuned to a very simple, melodious music which is very much characteristic to each area. Folk songs are sung at many occasions like marriage, birth, death or at work.These songs convey to us the aesthetic sense of people. The unique feature about them is that they belong to the community.
Drama is an art, serving feast for the eyes, ears and mind simultaneously. It not only amuses but also instructs the audience. Dance and drama had not been identified as two different arts during early days.
Folk Dancing is the characteristic dancing of the people of a country or state; some are very ancient and have their origin in the history of the nation. They contain special steps and gestures that have deep meaning to members of that group. Dancing is accompanied by singing and music and the dancers take different forms while dancing.
Puppetry or puppet show is one of those interesting folk arts where dolls are animated by human fingers, to dance move or perform, so as to mimic human actions. Puppetry first appeared in India and spread to other countries. Even before people could write and reason, puppetry was a means of presenting religious and historical traditions of a country.
The different types of puppets used are - string puppets, shadow puppets, glove or hand puppets and finger puppets. In Andhra Pradesh it is called Bommalatta.
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