The Revival of a Dying Art_ Myanmar marionette theatre (Yoke They) -- once a highly esteemed royal pastime -- involves not merely stringed wooden dolls, but life-like human substitutes. The puppets are in fact wooden marionettes manipulated by of strings, but they can dance like subtle ballet stars. The Myanmar puppet theatre still retains its own national characteristics and its original Myanmar tradition as it embraces all the artistic products of Myanmar such as dance and music, sculpture, sequin embroidery, and painting....."