puppeteer. The head is held by one of his hands, while his other hand manipulates the arms of the puppet by chords. The manipulator handles the puppets, on one-to-one basis, according to the spoken dialogue. The man who manipulates the dancer-puppet ties ghunghroo (bells) in his anklets and dances with the puppet. The puppets are about a metre high and the weight varies between 5 and 15 kilos.