By Joshua Stringer Origins Shadow puppets reached Egypt through India which in turn got them from China They were brought to Egypt when Mohammed ibn Daniyal wrote three shadow plays It differs from Turkish ID: 376642
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Egyptian Shadow Puppet Theatre
By Joshua StringerSlide2
Origins
Shadow puppets reached Egypt through India, which in turn got them from China.
They were brought to Egypt when Mohammed
ibn
Daniyal
wrote three shadow plays
It differs from Turkish
Karagoz
shadow puppetry because it has no fixed characters. It also uses different plays and puppetsSlide3
Style
It was performed to rowdy coffeehouses in uneducated villagers and children.
The puppets were made from rawhide that had been painted with bright colours.
Due to Islamic law the puppets had holes in their chest and stomach.
Each puppet possessed articulated limbs which were attached to a long stick allowing the
Muqaddam
or
puppet master
to control them.
The shadows of these puppets where then projected onto a white screen for the audience to view.Slide4
The scripts
The plays were written in verse.
A
Muqaddam
would often get his students to help him with a performance.
They were sung or spoken quite loudly, in crude Arabic, to compensate for the loudness of the coffeehouse.Slide5
Effect on me
Egyptian shadow theatre have shadow theatre has shown me just how far reaching shadow puppets were.