Traditional hand puppetry

UNESCO: List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding - 2018
URL: https://ich.unesco.org/en/USL/01376
Description: Al-Aragoz is an old form of Egyptian theatre using traditional hand puppetry. Al-Aragoz takes its name from the main puppet, whose distinctive voice is created with a voice modifier, and performances of the practice – which have a comic, entertaining, interactive atmosphere – explore a variety of themes relating to daily life. Al-Aragoz is threatened by the changing social, political, legal and cultural circumstances of its enactment, however, and regular performances now rely on fewer than ten active practitioners, all of an advanced age.
Country(ies): Egypt
© The Cultural Development Fund (Montage Unit), Egypt, 2014
Duration: 00:07:10 - Support: - (0137600003)

• Category

  • Film & Animation