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2. Shadowgraphy (performing art) - Wikipedia

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   The French entertainer Félicien Trewey was interested in the art of Chinese shadow puppetry called Ombres Chinoises (known in china as the pi ying xi(皮影戏)), which means "Chinese shadows". He popularized the art of hand shadows when he developed shadows of famous silhouettes. It then became popular in Europe in the 19th century.

3. Shadow play - Wikipedia

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   Shadow play, also known as shadow puppetry, is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment which uses flat articulated cut-out figures (shadow puppets) which are held between a source of light and a translucent screen or scrim. The cut-out shapes of the puppets sometimes include translucent color or other types of detailing.

4. Tholu bommalata - Wikipedia

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   Most puppets are made from a single skin, though some require more. At least four skins are necessary for Ravana – one for his body, one for his legs, and one to make each set of five arms. The puppets are made from 'nonviolent leather', that is the skin of animals that died a natural death is used rather than slaughtering animals for their skin.

5. Tholpavakoothu - Wikipedia

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   The puppets are painted in vegetable dyes, as these dyes last long. Some puppets can be as tall as four feet. The puppets are controlled using two sticks; the puppeteer holds the puppet in one hand while its limbs are manipulated using a thinner stick held in the puppeteer's other hand. [1] [6]

6. Antonio Pasqualino International Puppet Museum - Wikipedia

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   The Antonio Pasqualino International Puppet Museum of Palermo operates in the field of national and international, traditional and contemporary puppetry.. Founded in 1975 by the Association for the Conservation of Popular Traditions, it houses a vast collection of over 5,000 pieces, including marionettes, hand puppets, shadow puppets, and stage machines from all over the world.

7. Puppet - Wikipedia

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   A hand puppet (or glove puppet) is a puppet controlled by one hand, which occupies the interior of the puppet. The Punch and Judy puppets are familiar examples of hand puppets. Larger varieties of hand puppets place the puppeteer's hand in just the puppet's head, controlling the mouth and head, and the puppet's body then hangs over the entire arm.

8. Puppetry - Wikipedia

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   A hand puppet or glove puppet is controlled by one hand which occupies the interior of the puppet and moves the puppet around. Punch and Judy puppets are familiar examples. Other hand or glove puppets are larger and require two puppeteers for each puppet. Japanese Bunraku puppets are an example of this.

9. Nang talung - Wikipedia

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   The performance consists of the puppets, the narrator, the actor, and the musician. The actor and the audience are separated by a white screen during the show. [6] Animal shadow puppets in the nang talung tradition. Nang talung has been extremely popular for a long time. On the other hand, the art form is slowly disappearing because it is ...