Theatre Performances in Mandalay
“Yoke Thay”, once a highly esteemed royal past time, is a show not only of stringed wooden dolls but also of human substitutes. The puppets could make human dancers so envious, that there emerged a form of marionette dance created by human beings themselves. The girl dances, pretending she is controlled by the puppeteer.
Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Tue Jan 02, 2007