So these are three major forms of puppetry in Indonesia. And also in this case we have Chinese and Indian puppets."

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He says that about eight hundred of the puppets in the Center for Puppetry Arts collection are from Asia.

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The show combines animation,music, large puppets and human actors to create a series of funny and creative lessons.

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As you can guess from the name, hand puppets are worn on and controlled by the puppeteer's hand.

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Many are very recent, including a collection of puppets created by the famous American puppeteer Jim Henson.

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The center's museum is filled with more than one thousand five hundred puppets from around the world.

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Of course,not all of the puppets at the Center for Puppetry Arts date back to ancient times.

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Light behind the cloth screen illuminates the colorful puppets for the people watching on the other side.

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Rod puppets are controlled by a stick or wire attached to the puppet's main body parts.

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The puppets for these shows are made in a workshop that is part of the center.

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With special lighting effects, they became invisible and their brightly colored puppets took over the stage.

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The center's distance learning program uses puppets to teach children in classrooms in forty-four American states.

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Puppets are lifeless objects that are controlled in such a way as to become lifelike.

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Since ancient times, cultures around the world have been making and performing with puppets.

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In Turkey, the Karagoz tradition of shadow puppets began around the seventeenth century.

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And,Gray Seal Puppets, based in Charlotte, North Carolina travels around the United States.

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He created puppets for several television series and movies including "Fraggle Rock,"

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Many other countries have their own versions of Punch and Judy puppets.

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In addition to shadow puppets, there are three general puppet forms.

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And,they explained to the children watching how they operated the puppets.

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Unlike most puppets, it requires three puppeteers to control.

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These Turkish shadow puppets are flat.

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and Nappy's Puppets, based in North Haven,Connecticut.

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