Glove Puppetry, way cooler than you think

Every other Wednesday, all the ETA's get together in Yilan for a workshop. Last week's workshop was on traditional Taiwanese glove puppetry. Before the dawn of television, Taiwanese people flocked to public puppet shows for entertainment. These shows have all the slapstick comedy found in Western puppetry, but overall are more serious dramas. The puppets act out small details like tying their shoes! It reminded me of the puppetry in Being John Malkovich...lol

A 5th grader named Andy taught me some puppet moves like walking, running and spinning. He was a supportive and bubbly teacher. When I asked him, "How old are you?" he said "12 o'clock."

Awwwwww