These giant puppets ... and mojiganga heads and torsos in different stages of production. The figures are made of paper and an adhesive solution, a version of papier-mâché called cartonería ...

It was called “Get the Traitors.” Five papier-mâché puppet heads were arranged on the ground. Each represented a Chinese who had sold out to the Japanese. Several paces away laughing ...

The headline parade will take place in Dublin where the theme for this year’s event is adventures or “eachtraí” in Irish. The parade will feature seven large-scale pageants, six showpieces and 12 ...

Five oddly expressive clay figurines, made on the edge of the Maya world about 2,400 years ago, were probably used as puppets in public rituals to commemorate mythical or real events. “They ...

A remarkable collection of five pre-Hispanic clay puppets with rotating heads has been discovered in El Salvador. Aside from the expert craftsmanship that went into making the items, the ancient ...

More than a century after its medieval centre served as the backdrop of Nosferatu, a new Oscar-nominated remake is putting this Gothic city back on the map.

Giant mojiganga puppets – hailing from the region and made from papier-mâché – are also often spotted dancing around the square, and you might just spot a wedding parade coming out of the ...

Instead of human remains, however, they found five ceramic figurines, three of which have articulated heads akin to modern ... the figurines were a form of puppets intentionally arranged at ...

Its tourism season begins in March with Herring Days (15-30 March 2025), when "the whole market square smells of fried herring", says the head of Wismar Tourism, Sibylle Donath, drawing locals out ...