World Puppet Day: Interesting puppetry videos you can watch

Today as the world celebrates 'World Puppet Day,' we have a look at puppetry, the art. Every year on the 21^st of March, puppets and puppeteers all over the world are celebrated. This form of art has been warming hearts for over 3000 years. Many countries including India, have produced some exemplary artists. Puppetry has been a major source of entertainment and has been impacting people for ages. It has held a firm fort as a mass entertainer in carnivals all over the world. Among the different forms of puppetry, a form called Ventriloquism has been rather impactful. It involves the puppeteer modulating his voice to sound like his puppet. Puppets are said to have calming effects on humans and there are researches to prove the same. They are also considered to be the best medium of educating young children.

 Puppets have become a rather easy thing to make. Here is an interesting video guiding you on the same

Let's have a look at some popular puppet show videos on YouTube:

1) A puppet show in India:

2) Japanese Puppetry: This is an amazing multimedia piece from 1986 by Kihachiro Kawamoto, Japan's master puppeteer & animator.

3) A puppet show in Greece:

4) Czech Republic: Puppetry in Czech Republic has been a rather famous entity

5) Achmed: The dead terrorist- However crazy this may sound, it is hillarious to the last tiny second. One of the best I have seen.