Η ιστορία του Θεάτρου Σκιών – απαντήσεις
Shadow theater first appeared in …
Asia
Shadow theatre appeared in Central Asia more than 2,000 years ago.
The first figures in history were made of leather, paper, and …
wood
The wooden figures allowed light to pass only through their carved details, while the leather and paper figures were painted with colors derived from plant, animal, or mineral substances.
The birthplace of shadow theater was probably …
China
Sources suggest that it first appeared in Central China during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD). However, around the same period, shadow theatre was also developing in India.
The first plays of shadow theater narrated …
historic events, religious stories, mythological traditions
The legendary travels of Prince Sudhana from China and the mythical epic "Mahabharata" from India are indicative works of the early repertoire of shadow theatre, which aimed mainly at the moral education of the audience.
Karagiozis appears as the main hero of shadow theater in …
Ottoman Empire
Shadow theatre was adopted by the Ottoman Turks around the end of the 14th century. Its central hero is a crude villager named Karagiozis.
According to popular tradition, Karagiozis and Hadjiavatis worked …
on the construction of a mosque in Bursa
The myth says that the jokes of the two friends were so hilarious that workers would abandon their jobs to enjoy them.
The name Karagiozis means …
Black-eyed
The term comes from the Ottoman Turkish "Karagioz," in which "kara" means black and "gioz" means eye.
The stage of the shadow theater is called …
Berde (Screen)
It is also borrowed from the Turkish "perde," which in turn comes from the Persian "parde," meaning "curtain."
The first figures of the Greek shadow theater were made of …
sheet metal
The material was cumbersome and coarse. By the second decade of the 20th century, Greek shadow puppeteers had replaced it with cardboard.
The Hellenization of Karagiozis was done by …
Mimaros (Demetris Sardounis)
Mimaros Hellenized shadow theatre, removing vulgarity and making it a popular, family-friendly spectacle.
The tool with which the puppeteer holds, manipulates, and twists the figure on stage is called …
handle (spring)
According to the memoirs of Sotiris Spatharis, Lefteris Kelarinopoulos invented the spring handle in 1924, revolutionizing the art of shadow theatre.
Eugenios Spatharis was the … of Sotiris Spatharis.
son
Eugenios Spatharis was the only son of Sotiris Spatharis, one of the most important representatives of the art, who studied with the master puppeteers of Greek shadow theatre and was one of the founders of the Panhellenic Association of Shadow Puppeteers.
