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 ...

This shadow puppet is at least 200 years old and is one of the oldest surviving shadow puppets in the world. It represents Bima the hero of the great Hindu epic The Mahabharata. Puppets like this are ...

“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 ...

Storytelling today means crowding around someone’s phone as they describe their photos. Shadow Puppet bring that show & tell experience online by letting you share a voice-over with an animated ...

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 ...

Jason Parker has been at CNET for nearly 15 years. He is the senior editor in charge of iOS software and has become an expert reviewer of the software that runs on each new Apple device. He now spends ...

Wayang kulit, ancient shadow puppetry theater from Southeast Asia, is an art form recognized both for the beauty of its imagery and the richness of its epics passed down from generation to generation.

Never work with children or animals, goes the actors’ maxim. Perhaps add puppets to that, too. “We’ve got the trifecta right here,” says Australian puppeteer Peter Wilson during rehearsals for “Bali ...

Jia swings her arms, shakes her waist and bounces on her legs to a hip-hop beat as Wang Biao gleefully directs her movements. Using three wooden sticks to hold up and move the two-dimensional ...

PALAKKAD: The three global icons of football, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar, have found an unlikely new stage far away from the glittering arenas of the World Cup – behind a glowi ng ...