Hand Cloth Puppets Making: Crafting Characters, Telling Heritage

Name: Hand Cloth Puppets Making: Crafting Characters, Telling Heritage - Klook
Brand: Klook
SKU: 189865
Price: 37.05 USD
Availability: InStock

English/Chinese

1hr 30min Duration

Waterloo Street

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Discover the heritage of hand cloth puppetry as a traditional storytelling art form
Learn how puppets were used in Singapore’s community events, temples, and informal education
Explore cultural symbolism behind puppet characters and folk narratives
Create and customise a hand cloth puppet through guided, hands-on crafting
Experience how oral traditions and visual arts come together across generations
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Hand Cloth Puppets Making is a 1.5 hours hands-on workshop that introduces participants to the cultural roots of hand cloth puppetry. Traditionally used in folk storytelling, temple festivities, and community gatherings, these puppets played an important role in early Singapore as tools for entertainment, education, and passing down values and legends

Participants will learn about the history and symbolism of hand cloth puppets before crafting their own characters using cloth and simple materials. Through guided making and storytelling, the workshop highlights how puppetry connects visual art with oral heritage across generations

Brought to you by Trendsen Cultural Enterprise. Use your $100 SG Culture Pass credits for this workshop