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Esoteric Shadow Puppet Traditions Unveiled
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- 1. Indonesian leather shadow puppetry, famed for intricate narrations
- 2. French term for shadow puppet artists specializing in delicate silhouettes
- 3. A Minangkabau shadow tradition often mimicking martial arts postures
- 8. Rare Balinese shadow puppet featuring skeletal representations
- 10. Traditional Ethiopian shadow puppet technique using animal shapes
- 11. Filipino shadow puppetry style involving bamboo silhouettes
- 15. Laotian shadow quilting style projecting folk epics
- 17. Large Javanese shadow figures used in court performances
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- 4. Balinese shadow bird puppets symbolizing messages from the gods
- 5. Sulawesi’s enigmatic shadow master puppets, influenced by animism
- 6. Kerala’s rare shadow puppetry art, literally the ‘dance of shadows’
- 7. Spanish classical shadow theatre emphasizing chiaroscuro contrasts
- 9. Batak shadow puppetry style depicting ancestral myths
- 12. Traditional Indonesian native twig shadow puppets
- 13. Malay term for flickering light, essential in shadowplay ambiance
- 14. Germanic puppet tradition melding shadow play with folk tales
- 16. Japanese Okinawan shadow puppet with intricate jointed limbs
- 18. Javanese shadow puppets often portraying royal advisors
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