“Scene of Souls in Hell” (19th century), donkey skin; Shaanxi, China (all images courtesy Museu do Oriente) LISBON — Asian shadow theater is catnip for those with energetic imaginations. Its ...

NT BUZZ As part of the monthly History Hour programme at the Museum of Christian Art, Old Goa, professor of Religious Studies at Claremont McKenna College in Southern California Daniel Michon will ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Storyteller Sona Tatoyan used her great-great-grandfather’s Karagöz shadow puppets to discuss the ...

Naga, a mythical serpent (late 1700s–early 1800s), West Java (all images © The Trustees of the British Museum, courtesy the British Museum) For centuries, shadow ...

Traditional performing art forms are very importantly rooted in India's cultural history, social practices and linguistic contexts. One such form is Shadow puppetry, characterized by narratives being ...

Shadow puppetry is afoot in the darkened lobby of Ent Center for the Arts. A masked puppeteer works quickly, moving projector sheets back and forth and up and down as he stands behind an old-school ...

Jim Kern of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum held a birthday party for the town’s namesake, General Mariano Vallejo, who would have been 212 this week. Puppets and sets from Magical Moonshine ...

EU-funded researchers are exploring the rich tapestry of puppetry in Europe since the 1600s and its contribution to shaping Europe's cultural identity. Professor Didier Plassard is a leading scholar ...