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 Translation for 'shadow puppetry' from English to Slovak
NOUN   a shadow puppetry | shadow puppetries
div.
tieňohra {f}
shadow puppetry
Partial Matches
tieň {m}shadow
tieniť [nedok.]to shadow
ekon.
tieňová ekonomika {f}
shadow economy
div.
tieňohra {f}
shadow play
div.
tieňohra {f}
shadow show
pol.
tieňová vláda {f}
shadow cabinet
pol.
tieňový kabinet {m}
shadow cabinet
pol.
tieňová vláda {f}
shadow government
tieňový {adj}shadow [attr.]
div.
tieňohra {f}
shadow theatre [Br.]
div.
tieňohra {f}
shadow theater [Am.]
zatieniť n-čo [dok.]to shadow sth. [cover with shadow]
bez najmenších pochybností {adv}beyond a shadow of a doubt [idiom]
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Usage Examples English
  • Shadow play refers to shadow puppetry or shadow theatre.
  • Tapper has published articles on several aspects of Andhra society, and conducted research and written on traditional Andhra shadow puppetry.
  • In Java, "wayang kulit", an elaborate form of shadow puppetry, is very popular.
  • It is an outdoor fairy tale, and partly uses shadow puppetry to tell the tale.
  • Predecessors to film that had already used light and shadows to create art before the advent of modern film technology include shadowgraphy, shadow puppetry, camera obscura, and the magic lantern.

  • In 2011, GSJ and I Made Moja collaborated on a multimedia performance piece that fused music, dance, and other traditional art-forms of Bali, notably wayang kulit, Balinese shadow-puppetry.
  • "From Shadows to Light" integrated contemporary international women's issues with traditional art forms from Asia, such as Indonesian shadow puppetry.
  • The hand-drawn animation sequence at the beginning of the film was made to resemble Chinese shadow puppetry.
  • Shadow play, also known as shadow puppetry, is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment which uses flat articulated cut-out figures (shadow puppets) which are held between a source of light and a translucent screen or scrim.
  • The usage of shadow puppetry, which carries a historical and cultural heritage, throughout the movie acts as a parallel to what characters experience in the events that they have to live through.

  • Many forms of "kejawen" dance, literature, gamelan music and shadow puppetry ("wayang kulit") derive from the Javanese.
  • "Nang yai", whose name specifically means "large shadow puppet", features life-size puppets, while "nang talung" (a similar tradition of shadow puppetry whose name derives from Pattalung, a southern city where the tradition has long been popular) features much smaller puppets.
  • Interesting attractions of Pooram can be seen in the Valluvanad and Talappilly region. There is the Harijan Vela or Parayar Vela as well as the Tholpavakoothu, a traditional shadow puppetry show.
  • The most common troupe roster is one puppeteer, singer and musicians  whose subject matter and singing style in shadow plays are closely related to Chinese opera, except without using live actors or actresses. Shadow puppetry was banned by the government in 1966 during the cultural revolution, but puppetry was allowed back in the late 1970s.
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