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Handspring Puppet Company

Handspring Puppet Company is a South African puppetry and contemporary-theatre company founded in 1981 by Adrian Kohler,...

Theater Contemporary South African Puppet Company

9.43 Excellent

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Semar

Semar is a central figure in Javanese wayang kulit (shadow puppet theatre) and related performance traditions, functioni...

Traditional Javanese Shadow Puppet Wayang Kulit

7.18 Good

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Guignol

Guignol is the main character in a form of puppet theater originating from Lyon, France, created by Laurent Mourguet aro...

French Theater Traditional Hand Puppet

7.08 Good

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Hurvínek

Hurvínek is a Czech marionette character created by puppeteer Josef Skupa in 1926 in the city of Plzeň. Originally conce...

Theater Traditional Czech Marionette

7.08 Good

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Hanuman

Hanuman is the divine monkey hero of the Hindu Ramayana and a prominent figure in Javanese and Balinese wayang tradition...

Traditional Javanese Shadow Puppet Wayang Kulit

6.99 Fair

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Spejbl

Spejbl is a Czech marionette created by puppeteer Josef Skupa in 1920. Usually portrayed in a plaid jacket and wooden cl...

Theater Traditional Czech Marionette

6.81 Fair

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Gatotkaca

Gatotkaca is a heroic figure in Javanese and Balinese wayang traditions, adapted from Ghatotkacha in the Indian Mahabhar...

Traditional Javanese Shadow Puppet Wayang Kulit

6.81 Fair

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Polichinelle

Polichinelle is the French form of Pulcinella, the masked figure of the Italian commedia dell'arte. Traditionally shown...

French Theater Traditional Hand Puppet

6.72 Fair

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Arjuna

Arjuna is one of the five Pandava brothers and a principal hero of the Mahabharata, identified in the epic tradition wit...

Traditional Hero Javanese Shadow Puppet

6.72 Fair

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Kresna

Kresna is the Javanese wayang name for Krishna, a major figure from the Mahabharata who is represented in Indonesian pup...

Traditional Javanese Shadow Puppet Wayang Kulit

6.72 Fair

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Hacivat

Hacivat is one of the two central figures in Karagöz, the traditional Turkish shadow-puppet theater, where he serves as...

Theater Traditional Turkish Foil

6.62 Fair

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Bima

Bima is one of the five Pandava brothers in the Mahabharata and a central heroic figure in Indonesian wayang traditions,...

Traditional Hero Javanese Shadow Puppet

6.62 Fair

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Petruk

Petruk is one of the Punakawan, a group of clown-servant figures in Javanese wayang traditions, including wayang kulit s...

Traditional Clown Javanese Shadow Puppet

6.44 Fair

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Gareng

Gareng is one of the Punakawan, a group of comic and advisory figures in Javanese wayang theatre, including wayang kulit...

Traditional Clown Javanese Shadow Puppet

6.35 Fair

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Gnafron

Gnafron is a companion of Guignol in the traditional puppet theatre of Lyon, France. He is commonly portrayed as a cobbl...

French Theater Traditional Hand Puppet

6.26 Fair

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Bagong

Bagong is one of the Punakawan, the clown-servant figures in Javanese wayang theatre. In Javanese wayang kulit, he is pr...

Traditional Clown Javanese Shadow Puppet

6.26 Fair

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Don Cristóbal

Don Cristóbal is a traditional Spanish glove-puppet character related to the rough comic figures found in European popul...

Theater Spanish Traditional Andalusian

5.98 Mediocre

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Kasperle

Kasperle is a traditional character from German-language puppet theatre, related to the broader European family of comic...

Theater Traditional Hand Puppet Jester

5.89 Mediocre

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Jan Klaassen

Jan Klaassen is a traditional Dutch puppet-theatre character related to the Italian Pulcinella and to other European com...

Theater Traditional Dutch Clown

5.80 Mediocre

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Mánička

Mánička is a Czech marionette character associated with the puppet theatre tradition created by Josef Skupa. She was int...

Theater Traditional Czech Marionette

5.70 Mediocre