Kyodo via Yahoo: Interest in Japanese puppet play increasing abroad
Kippo: International puppetry festival in OsakaAmid growing interest in Japan's indigenous "joruri bunraku" puppet theater in Europe and elsewhere, a group of 25 puppeteers performed in Hungary and Spain this month and drew curtain calls from a capacity audience...According to reports reaching the Bunraku Kyokai (association) of Osaka that dispatched the group, the presentations got off to a flying start in Budapest with the performers receiving a warm welcome...more...
The Osaka municipal government will sponsor the Osaka International Puppetry Festival 2005 at four places in the city on the occasion of Japanese puppet show bunraku, traditional performing arts, being designated as UNESCO's World's Intangible Cultural Heritage. The festival, in which various puppet shows across the world are shown, will be held at the Osaka Cultural Public Hall, the Sogo Hall, the Children Culture Center and the Kids Plaza Osaka in the city from November 3 to 13.
