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A shadow puppet performance projected onto a white cloth screen in a dark hall. A red-painted puppet of a man with a striped shirt and dark trousers extends one arm forward, his mouth open, while his shadow falls on the screen below. No live people are visible. The black frame and dim surroundings focus attention on the lit screen.

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December 18 20162016-12-18A shadow puppet of a man with an exaggerated red face and open mouth, wearing a striped green and orange shirt, is silhouetted on a backlit white cloth screen in a dark room. The puppet extends one arm to the left. A small logo appears in the upper left corner, and a appears in the lower right. No physical people are visible; the puppet is the only figure on the screen2016-12-18A dark stage with a large lit cloth screen showing a shadow-puppet style performance. Two flat painted figures stand on a pale backdrop: a taller slender figure on the left in an orange lower garment with dark hair, facing a shorter red-faced figure on the right wearing a striped top, whose arm reaches toward the first. The figures are backlit silhouettes cast by light, so no physical people are visible on stage. A small logo appears in the upper left corner.2016-12-18A photograph of a shadow puppet performance against a backlit white screen in a dark room. A single painted leather-style puppet figure with a red face, dark hair, a wide open mouth and a striped green and yellow garment stands on a stick, shown in silhouette-like form at the bottom centre of the screen. No people are visible. The surrounding area is black, and a small bird logo appears in the top left corner.2016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18A rectangular white screen in a darkened hall shows two shadow-puppet figures in profile. The figure on the left is tan-coloured with dark hair and bare upper body, standing still. The figure on the right is red-faced with dark hair and a striped top, reaching its arm forward toward the other. The puppets are lit from behind, and the screen is framed by black drapes. The image appears to show a shadow-puppet presentation rather than a live ritual, with no visible a person candidate or readable events on the screen.2016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18A photograph of a shadow puppet performance on a lit white cloth screen in a dark room. Two painted leather-style puppets face each other: a man on the left in a striped red-and-white shirt with dark trousers, one arm extended outward, and a woman on the right with an orange body, a jewelled necklace, purple bangles, a green-and-pink skirt and an elaborate hair bun, reaching toward him with a small object in her hand. Puppet strings are visible below the figures. No physical people are visible in the scene; the puppets are the only figures. The stage is otherwise black, and a small logo appears at the top left.2016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18A photograph of a large white projection screen set in a black stage space. On the screen, a small animated figure of a person in a brown or rust-coloured outfit with dark hair in profile walks toward the right. No physical people are visible in the scene. A faint purple logo appears in the upper left corner.2016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18