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 ...

And I'm Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Since ancient times, cultures around the world have been making and performing with puppets. They express the ideas and beliefs of human ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For 30 years the Mesner ...

DO you know Kermit the frog, Cookie Monster, Elmo, Grover or Bert? Some saying ‘yes’ and some ‘no’. Okay, these puppets have earned great fame since they first appeared, years ago, in TV series such ...

Quanzhou welcomed renowned puppet performing teams from across the world to promote exchanges of the art and increase its influence among the public during the fourth Maritime Silk Road International ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Prairie Dawn is a hand-rod puppet ...

The Bread and Puppet Theater was founded in 1963 on New York City’s Lower East Side. It gets its name from the fact that Shumann himself would bake dozens of loaves of sourdough bread, giving them ...

Playing make-believe with hand puppets is one of the healthiest playtime activities for bonding with your child. Not only do puppets provide a chance for your child to engage in storytelling in an ...

It barely gets any attention, but the Storybook Puppet Theater at Children's Fairyland in Oakland (fairyland.org) is the longest continually running puppet theater in the United States. Founded in ...

This studio course examines the role of puppetry as an educational tool, a major form in the history of art, and a unique and contemporary language of object, gesture, and story. The course considers ...

Ever wonder how the puppets on Sesame Street operate? The puppeteers for some of Sesame Street's most famous characters share their insights on how they bring their iconic characters to life. The ...