Shadow play

ancient form of entertainment using flat articulated figures

19th-century cabaret in Paris, France

Turkish shadow theatre

American painter and installation artist (born 1969)

right|thumb|200px|The 7th Maqāma of Al-Hariri of Basra|Al-Hariri, illustration by [[Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti from the 1237 manuscript (BNF ms. arabe 5847).]]The maqāma (Arabic: مقامة [maˈqaːma], literally "assembly"; plural maqāmāt, مقامات [maqaːˈmaːt]) is an (originally) Arabic prosimetric literary genre of picaresque short stories originating in the tenth century C.E. The maqāmāt are anecdotes told by a fictitious narrator which typically follow the escapades of a roguish protagonist as the two repeatedly encounter each other in their travels. The genre is known for its literary and rhetor

form of Indonesian puppet-shadow play originally from Java island

Cambodian form of shadow play

American illustrator (1873-1929)

German linguist (1855-1908)

French artist and designer (1864-1951)

German orientalist (1875–1964)

German artist, writer, scriptwriter, illustrator, musician and composer (1807–1876)

thumb|right|Karaghiozis (toy shadow puppet)

Tholpavakoothu (Malayalam:തോൽപ്പാവക്കൂത്ത്, Tamil:தோல்பாவைக்கூத்து) is a form of shadow puppetry that is practiced in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, India. It is performed using leather puppets and is performed in temples or in villages in specially built theatres. This form of art is especially popular in the Madurai and nearby districts of Madurai in Tamil Nadu and also in Palakkad, Thrissur and Malappuram districts of Kerala. thumb|210px|A scene from Tholpavakoothu thumb|210px|A scene from Tholpavakoothu thumb|210px|Puppet of Seeta, under the Asoka tree thumb|Performance by Ramachandra pulavar and

shadow puppet theatre in Thailand

art museum, archaeology museum in Kerala, India

shadow puppet theatre of Andhra Pradesh, India

shadow puppetry from Thailand

French entertainer

Egyptian writer and folklorist

shadow puppetry from Odisha, India

German orientalist and arabist (1862–1937)

puppet theatre of Karnataka, India