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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Origins
- Setting
- The characters
- The puppets
- Modern incarnations
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|Karaghiozis (toy shadow puppet)
Karagiozis or Karaghiozis (), ( ) is a shadow puppet and fictional character of Greek folklore. He is the main character of the traditional Greek shadow puppet theatre, which dates back to the Ottoman era. He is the Hellenized version of the Turkish character Karagöz, and is an important part of Greek cultural heritage and has influenced shadow puppet theatre in many regions.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Karagiozis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.