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Puppetry is a form of theatre or performance whichinvolves the manipulation of puppets. It is very ancient,and is believed to have originated 30,000 years BC.Puppetry takes many forms but they all share theprocess of animating inanimate performing objects.Puppetry is used in almost all human societies both as anentertainment– in performance – and ceremonially inrituals and celebrations such as carnivals.Most puppetry involves storytelling. The impact of puppetry depends on the process of transformation of puppets, which has much in common with magic and

with play. Thus puppetry can create complex and magicaltheatre with relatively small resources.

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PUPPET- any object that is animated for dramatic purpose or 

in a dramatic manner by a human operator.

The Glove or Hand Puppet- This type of puppet is used

like a glove on the operator’s hand. Usually it is simple in structure

and limited in gesture to the movement of the fingers, although

expressive movement can be achieved with practice.

The Marionette- A puppet on strings, the marionette is

suspended from a control held by the puppeteer. It can be simply

made, with just a few strings, but more often is the most complex type

of puppet.

The Rod Puppet- This puppet, held and moved by a rod or 

nods, usually form below has been taken up throughout the world

during the 20th century, especially in Eastern Europe.

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THE GLOVE OR HAND PUPPET AND THE ROD

PUPPET

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THE MARIONETTE

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Puppetry is a very ancient art form,

thought to have originated about

30,000 years ago . Puppets have been

used since the earliest times to

animate and communicate the ideasand needs of human societies. Some

historians claim that they pre-date

actors in theatre. There is evidence

that they were used in Egypt as early

as 2000 BC when string-operated

figures of wood were manipulated to

perform the action of kneading bread.

Wire controlled, articulated puppets

made of clay and ivory have also

been found in Egyptian tombs.

Hieroglyphs also describe "walking

statues" being used in Ancient

Egyptian religious dramas. The oldestwritten record of puppetry can be

found in the written records of 

Xenophon dating from around 422

B.C.

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"Chili das Schaf" puppet from German series

Chili TV  and Berndivent , and its creators

Tommy Krappweis and Erik Haffner 

There are a widerange of styles of puppetry but

whatever the style,the puppeteer's roleis to manipulate thephysical object insuch a manner that

the audiencebelieves the objectis imbued with life.In some instancesthe persona of the

puppeteer is also animportant feature.

The relationshipbetween the puppeteerand the puppet-maker is

often assumed to be

similar to that betweenan actor and aplaywright. This may be

so, but one of thecharacteristics of 

puppetry is that very

often the puppeteerassumes the joint roles

of puppet-maker,director designer, writerand performer . In thiscase a puppeteer is a

more complete theatrepractitioner than is the

case within other theatreforms.

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The phrase and the practice probably began

in medieval liturgical dramas such as theGolden Mass  , where on special occasions a

Mass was punctuated by short dramatic

scenes and tableaus. They were a major

feature of festivities for royal weddings,coronations and Royal entries into cities.

Often the actors imitated statues, much in

the way of modern street entertainers, but in

larger groups, and mounted on elaboratetemporary stands along the path of the

main procession.

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