Shadow puppetry, also known as "shadow play," is a traditional form of storytelling through the medium of flat articulated, elaborately engraved figures. Manipulating them with silken strings and ...
As one of China's oldest folk art forms, shadow puppetry — a mesmerizing blend of painting, carving, storytelling and singing — has been inscribed into the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible ...
KUALA LUMPUR -- Bent over strips of water buffalo hide, a team of puppet-makers is laboriously producing lively stick figures. Placed between a spotlight and a translucent white canvas that reflects ...
As the familiar melodies that once echoed through his childhood fill the air at Prince Kung's Palace Museum in downtown Beijing, 53-year-old Liang Rongshan is transported back in time. These tunes, ...
After watching his first-ever performance as a child, Ida Bagus Putera Baruna was mesmerised by Indonesia’s ancient Wayang theatre Putera tells SCENES that after sharing his enthusiasm with his family ...
LANZHOU, June 14 (Xinhua) -- As darkness descends upon Chenqiyuan Village in northwest China, the spotlight shines on Jing Tingyou, 83, as his nightly spectacle commences. Jing, a skilled shadow ...
Libby Purves meets actor Brian Cox and singer June Tabor. Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Shadow puppet of the character Bima (made seventeenth or eighteenth century), from Java When ...
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