Oct 23, 2010

Traditional puppet show in Xiamen


This is a puppet show I saw in Xiamen. The quality is awful, but that's what you get trying to record it from some back seat over the heads of spectators (without watching the screen of your camera, as your eyes are glued to the show).

But believe me, the show was really beautiful. The puppets were hand-made, and the play was a part from Chinese classic (how's that for Punch and Judy show?). They say that the art of making the puppets is sadly dying out, as young people find something that's easier to do than meticulously carving the puppet's head, weaving the cloth for it's dress, painting it, and so on, and so forth. I hope that this art will survive...

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