Category Archives: Visits from the Karagöz puppets

Kristmas Eve Karagöz Kollaboration with the Fairy Queendom

Posted on December 24, 2011 by lizcameron

Welcome to Christmas Eve, or as the Karagöz puppet troupe likes to refer to it as of late, “Kristmas Eve.” These little puppets, they have taken on the Kardashian family’s obsession with the letter K, and have started to use … Continue reading →

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On the 8th day of Christmas: Meet Mercan, the spice trader from Arabia

Posted on December 19, 2011 by lizcameron

So, we move from yesterday’s introduction to Zenne, the former dancing girl now in love with her fragrant herbal garden, to an introduction to Mercan Bey (pronounced mehr-jahn bey), a spice trader from the Arabian peninsula. Now, I only became … Continue reading →

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On the 7th day of Christmas: Meet Zenne, nervous nellie like a bowl of jelly

Posted on December 18, 2011 by lizcameron

Today, it is time to meet Zenne, the Karagoz puppet that I refer to as “the nervous nellie like a bowl of jelly.”  I realized that this moniker was befitting of her when I passed by Nervous Nellie’s Shop – … Continue reading →

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