UNIMA

and UNIMA (Union Internationale de la Marionnette - International Puppetry Association), an international non-governmental organization that brings together puppeteers and puppet enthusiasts to develop and promote the art of puppetry, was founded in Prague in 1929[1] (the then Czechoslovak magazine Loutkář was UNIMA's first official journal in years 1929–1930).

In 1981, the French puppeteer Jacques Félix moved UNIMA's headquarters to Charleville-Mézières, France, location of the Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes since 1972.

UNIMA was founded on May 20, 1929, in Prague, during the 5th Congress of Czech Puppeteers, upon the proposal of French writer Paul Jeanne.

After the war, UNIMA was revived in 1957 by the Czechoslovaks during the European Puppet Week in Braunschweig (then in West Germany).

In the 1970s, the association modernized: the presidium became the executive committee, and UNIMA moved its headquarters from Prague to Warsaw, where it remained for eight years.