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Shadow Puppetry is an ancient art that is said to have originated in China, when the emperor Wu-Ti, saddened at the death of a beautiful lady, commanded the court magician to bring her back. The magician produced Wu-Ti's true love by casting her shadow on a screen, and the emperor's sadness was lightened. Since then, shadow puppet plays have been presented in Asia and the Middle East to tell stories of history, legend and folklore.......Click here for more!
"In the bottom of a beautiful sea lived a little striped fish named Spinny. Even though Spinny was a little fish, he had BIG IDEAS. Whenever Spinny had a BIG IDEA he would spin 3 times. That's how he got his name." "He had many friends. Each fish was different color and swam in a different way. Red Fish was round and swam in big circles. Blue Fish, like an angelfish, would glide in the water. Yellow Fish, long and thin, slid down the coral reefs. Green Fish swam fast -- zip, zip, zip. And then there were the little baby fish who always played follow the leader........Click here for more! |
Most people think of puppets on strings, or on
the hand like a glove. Shadow puppets are flat puppets that throw
silhouettes on one side of an illuminated screen, and are viewed by the audience from the other
side. Light, color and animation make the characters come to life. 
