Puppet shows are held at night because the wonderland atmosphere required is more easily created in the darkness of the night. Stage setting is very simple. Two or three bare cots are placed sideways and curtained with some multi-coloured cloth. Puppets are dressed according to the character that they are supposed to represent. The dresses are generally very bright and colourful. The strings tied to the puppets are not visible in the dim light of the earthen lamp. The roles that the puppets play are all manipulated by the puppeteer. He makes them dance, fight and perform various other acts associated with normal human behaviour. He keeps in his mouth a pipni, an improvised bamboo gadget through which he filters his speech, for transforming his voice. His wife sits on one side of the stage and plays the drum. Whenever the situation demands she sings an appropriate song. The scenes are well enacted. The warriors fight, the wrestlers show of mettle in bouts, the lovers suffering from the pangs of separation are sometimes intoxicated with the ecstasy of fulfillment. The puppeteer being generally an expert artist, presents various phases of human life on his stage and in doing so adds his own touches of humour and satire.

Most of the puppeteers originally came from Rajasthan or received training from a Rajasthani artist. Hence most of the anecdotes which they present are about Rajput folk heroes.