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Yoke thé (Burmese: ရုပ်သေး; MLCTS: rupse:, IPA: [joʊʔ θé], literally "miniatures") is the Burmese name for marionette puppetry. Although the term can be used for puppetry in general, its usage usually refers to the local form of string puppetry.
Marionette puppetry was used to display rituals and ceremonies using these string-operated figurines back in ancient times and is still used today. [specify] Puppetry was practiced in Ancient Greece and the oldest written records of puppetry can be found in the works of Herodotus and Xenophon, dating from the 5th century BC.
The yo-yo is an example of a skill toy. A skill toy is an object or theatrical prop used for dexterity play or an object manipulation performance. A skill toy can be any static or inanimate object with which a person dances, manipulates, spins, tosses, or simply plays.
Puppetry is a very ancient form of theatre which was first recorded in the 5th century BC in Ancient Greece. Some forms of puppetry may have originated as long ago as 3000 years BC. [1] Puppetry takes many forms, but they all share the process of animating inanimate performing objects to tell a story.
Pages in category "Puppetry" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ... Yoke thé ; The Young New ...
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.
The puppets and puppet sets of Supermarionation were built in 1 ⁄ 3 scale, the former being roughly two feet (61 cm) tall. [ 7 ] [ 41 ] [ 42 ] Each marionette was suspended and controlled with several fine tungsten steel wires that were between 1 ⁄ 5000 and 1 ⁄ 3000 of an inch (0.0051–0.0085 mm) thick, replacing the carpet thread and ...
The word "yoke" is believed to derive from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm (yoke), from root *yewg- (join, unite), and is thus cognate with yoga. [1] [2] This root has descendants in almost all known Indo-European languages including German Joch, Latin iugum, Ancient Greek ζυγόν (zygon), Persian یوغ (yuğ), Sanskrit युग (yugá), Hittite 𒄿𒌑𒃷 (iúkan), Old Church Slavonic ...