Teatro dei Pupi (Puppet Theater) - bootleg style - Siracusa, Sicily

The opera dei pupi is the traditional Sicilian marionette theatre. At the height of its popularity at the turn of the century, Sicily boasted 25 puppet theatres, as well as two or three nomadic ones. The Sicilian puppets differ from other marionettes in the plays presented, in their technique, their figurative style, their décor and their speech. Their subjects are mainly long cycles, vicissitudes presented in installments based on epic-chivalrous literature and particularly on the Carolingian cycle. The programs of the opera dei pupi are often concerned with deeds of charlemagne, his ancestors and his descendants.

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