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A marionette puppet, made by Palestinian artist Mahdi Karera, is seen at his house balcony in Gaza City January 20, 2019. Picture taken January 20, 2019. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa ...

A centuries-old Kazakh puppet tradition is finding new life on global stages, in classrooms, and even through 3D printing.

GAZA (Reuters) - A Palestinian puppeteer is tugging at heartstrings in Gaza. At a kindergarten, Mahdi Karera, who describes himself as Gaza's first marionette-maker, put on a show about the importance ...

Puppets have been used to tell stories for thousands of years, on every continent, in theaters, on the street, at festivals. Drawbridge Puppet Theater has been on Massachusetts Avenue in Lunenburg for ...

The head is carved from wood. Mechanisms in the hollow head move the eyes and mouth. The main rod, made either of wood or bamboo, runs through the neck to the head, and the length varies. The hand ...

To the rhythmic beat of cymbals, drums and a bamboo harmonica, the hand-held puppets wearing brightly coloured batik headdresses and sarongs fight, and one gets flung off the stage. It’s a warm night ...

Patna, Oct. 20: Kilkari, a unit of state human resource development department, organised a workshop on string puppets (kathputlis) on Agrasen Bhavan premises today. The workshop was attended by ...