Sunday, February 28, 2010

Giant puppets invade Siem Reap

Byron Perry

Phnom Penh Post

The Giant Puppet Project team has been feverishly making final lighting, rigging and paper-maché-eyeball-painting touches all this week at Wat Damnak.

Over the last few weeks, kids from local NGOs participated in art workshops taught by Giant Puppet Project staff where they made the various parts for the puppets. Now the staff is putting everything together in preparation for the big parade Saturday night in Siem Reap.

“Right now we’re working on a lot of the animatronics, so wings can flap and eyeballs can turn,” said an overworked Jig Cochrane, art director for the project. “We’ll relax when the parade is finished.”

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