After my first research that I found in www.irrawaddy.org that was posted in 2013. 

Puppetry was once a popular art form in Burma, and was used as a medium to tell stories and educate people in religion, history, literature and culture.

Since 1975 one of Burma’s famous puppet artist died, Pan Aye and team still perform the dance performances with artist Thein Zaw. After 1988 uprising against the military regime, public celebration become lesser. 

Ma Ma Naing was the owner of a small souvenir shop and she does not know to make them dance. 

In 1989, tourists pushed her to set up a theatre to perform the puppet. So she rushed to see Pan Aye, a veteran puppeteer in Mandalay and asked for help to perform to the tourist and asked Pan Aye to help to set up the theatre after then. 

It was founded in 1990 and it is the only puppet theatre in Mandalay that only attract tourist. 

Ma Ma Naing was glad that she could somehow help this dying art to prevent it from disappearing and was encouraged to maintain the culture. The art form of this puppetry was only attracted by tourist instead of the locals even it is a entrance free. 

Pan Aye added, “it dying,” “not because of the lack of professional puppeteers, but because of the lack of audience.” 

Why is it dying? Why does locals doesn’t want to support its own art form to maintain the culture and tradition?