Puppet
A puppet is an object, often resembling a human, animal or mythical figure, that is animated or manipulated by a person called a puppeteer. Puppetry is an ancient form of theatre which dates back to the 5th century BC in ancient Greece.
There are many different varieties of puppets, and they are made from a wide range of materials, depending on their form and intended use. They range from very simple in construction and operation to very complex. The puppeteer uses movements of their hands, arms, or control devices such as rods or strings to move the body, head, limbs, and in some cases the mouth and eyes of the puppet. The puppeteer often speaks in the voice of the character of the puppet, and then synchronizes the movements of the puppet's mouth with this spoken part. The actions, gestures and spoken parts acted out by the puppeteer with the puppet are typically used in storytelling.
A simple type of puppet is the finger puppet, which is a tiny puppet that fits onto a single finger. A hand puppet is controlled using one hand that occupies the interior of the puppet and moves the puppet around. The simplest type is a sock puppet, which is formed and operated by inserting one's hand inside a closed sock-like cloth sleeve, with the opening and closing of the hand creating the movement of the puppet's mouth. A "rod-hand puppet" is a more complex hand puppet in which the puppeteer uses their second hand to manipulate rods that control the puppet's arms or other appendages. A "live-hand puppet" is a hand puppet that is larger and requires two puppeteers to operate, as in addition to the primary puppeteer's hand operating the head and mouth, one of each puppeteers' hands operates each of the puppet's hands.
A marionette is a much more complicated type of puppet that is suspended and controlled by a number of strings connected to the head, back and limbs, plus sometimes a central rod attached to a control bar held from above by the puppeteer.
A shadow puppet is a cut-out figure held between a source of light and a screen on which the image is projected. Bunraku puppets are a type of Japanese wood-carved puppet. A ventriloquist's dummy is a puppet, often human-shaped, operated by a ventriloquist performer's hand; the performer produces the puppet's voice with little or no movement of her mouth, which creates the illusion that the puppet is alive. Carnival puppets are large puppets, typically bigger than a human, designed to be part of a large spectacle or parade.
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