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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 ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Malaysian college lecturer Ahnaf Hakimi Ahmad hopes to save the ancient tradition of shadow puppetry using 3D-printed figures controlled by robotics instead of people.

At a museum established by shadow puppet performer and sculptor Wang Biao in Langzhong, Sichuan province, visitors are invited to try their hand at the ancient art form onstage behind the screen.

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian college lecturer Ahnaf Hakimi Ahmad hopes to save the ancient tradition of shadow puppetry using 3D-printed figures controlled by robotics instead of people. “Wayang kulit”, a ...

A shadow puppetry troupe performs at an exhibition at Prince Kung's Palace Museum in Beijing. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] As the familiar melodies that once echoed through his childhood fill the ...

Jamie Skidmore is the director and designer of The Kraken. The shadow puppets used in the performance were created using a 3D printer. (Zach Goudie/CBC) There's a shadow hanging over the world of ...

A small Indonesian community is celebrating Christmas by performing traditional shadow puppet shows about the birth of Christ as the pandemic shutters most public performances. The country has been ...

Lakapati aims to discuss during a series of performances LGBTQIA+ experiences in Filipino culture. The two-act queer shadow puppet play follows the titular character, an intersex god of agriculture ...