Puppetry

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Puppetry is a form of performance which involves the manipulation of puppets. It is very ancient, and is believed to have originated 30,000 years BCE.

Puppetry takes many forms but they all share the process of animating inanimate performing objects. Puppetry is used in almost all human societies both as an entertainment – in performance – and ceremonially in rituals and celebrations such as carnival.

Most puppetry involves storytelling. The impact of puppetry depends on the process of transformation of puppets, which has much in common with magic and with play. Thus puppetry can create complex and magical theatre with relatively small resources.

Animation is the process of animating objects in time-based media such as film or video and is a simulation of movement created by displaying a series of pictures, or frames. Traditionally, debate has existed within the puppetry and animation communities as to whether or not animation should be considered a form of puppetry or vice versa, but regardless the two art forms share much in common and are closely associated with each other.