World Puppetry Day

[1] The idea came from the puppet theater artist Javad Zolfaghari from Iran.

In 2000 at the XVIII Congress of the Union Internationale de la Marionnette, (UNIMA) in Magdeburg, he made the proposal for discussion.

Two years later, at a meeting of the International Council of UNIMA in June 2002 in Atlanta, the date of the celebration was identified.

Some communities will put on puppet shows in honor of the day reminding people of this versatile and dying art form.

Today puppets come in all shapes and sizes and are used to tell different stories.