IIPF 2014: Pinhas - Puppet Show at Epicentre

Scicilian Marrionettes- l'opera dei pupi.Prod. Sicilian marionettes Country. Italy Dir. & Performed by. Scicilian Marrionettes- l'opera dei pupi The Opera dei Pupi (Opera of the Puppets; Sicilian: pira r pupi) is a marionette theatrical representation of Frankish romantic poems such as the Song of Roland or Orlando furioso that is one of the characteristic cultural traditions of Sicily. The sides of donkey carts are decorated with intricate, painted scenes; these same tales are enacted in traditional puppet theaters featuring hand-made marionettes of wood. The opera of the puppets and the Sicilian tradition of cantastor (singers of tales) are rooted in the Provencal troubadour tradition in Sicily during the reign of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, in the first half of the 13th century. A great place to see this marionette art is the puppet theatres of Palermo, Sicily.