The UNion Internationale de la MArionnette (UNIMA) is pleased to announce the UNIMA Heritage Awards 2024/2025, recognizing exceptional contributions to the conservation of puppetry heritage. This year’s jury, consisting of esteemed members from around the world—Lucile Bodson (France), Kathy Foley (USA), Idoya Otegui (Spain), Dadi Pudumjee (India), and Nancy Staub (USA)—has expressed their satisfaction with […]
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Kazakhstan – Orteke, an indigenous Kazakh performing art, was inscribed on UNESCO’s list of humanity’s Intangible Cultural Heritage. This was accomplished at the seventeenth session to safeguard our heritages, held in Morocco 28th November to 3rd December 2022. “This performance, fascinating for its simplicity, is enjoyed by children and adults alike. It is primarily transmitted […]
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Tolosa, the 14th April 2022 Dear friends of the National Centers, International Councillors, Representatives, members of the UNIMA: From the Heritage, Museums and Documentation Centers Commission, we have set ourselves the main objective of protecting and disseminating the important puppet heritage that our community has throughout the world. The first thing we have to do […]
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The exhibition People and Puppets: UNIMA, believing and creating a common future for puppetry art (1929-2019) arrives in Italy as a unique stage of its route, after the big tour all over Europe. Ortoteatro, as co-producer of the exhibition with UNIMA, TOPIC, the city of Charleville-Mézières and its Museum of the Ardennes, EGEAC – Museum […]
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Puppetry in Slovakia and Czechia inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by Unesco! More information here.
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