Glove puppetry

Glove puppetry (Chinese: 布袋戲; pinyin: bùdàixì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò͘-tē-hì)[1] is a type of opera using cloth puppets that originated during the 17th century in Quanzhou or Zhangzhou of China's Fujian province, and historically practised in the Min Nan-speaking areas such as Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, the Chaoshan region of Guangdong, and other parts of southern China.

During the first half, known as the "show platform" (戲台), the audience is shown a demonstration by a master puppeteer on the stage.

With few exceptions, from traditional pò͘-tē-hì to modern performances, human vocal music and operatic singing is rarely heard.

In Java, the interaction between Chinese and Javanese culture gave birth to new style of puppetry, called Peranakan Potehi.

[6] Since 1984, Pili has been adding computer animations to their glove puppetry TV shows.