Saturday evening we went to see our first sicilian doll theatre, Pupi Siciliani. It was a story about Jesus at Golgotha. First we visited the museum with?some of?the original dolls, hundreds of years old saved and cured by a group called Fratelli Napoli. This family works with Pupi Siciliani and?its traditions since 1921.
Catania had 12 big theatres, open every evening and was the biggest Pupi area in Sicily. The dolls are bigger than those in Palermo, approximately 1,20?metres?and the stages were four metres long. Napoli family has saved all Pupi material left from hundreds of years ago and they do performances in Catania every saturday night at Vecchia Dogana. They also tour around the world.
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L?rdag kv?ll gick vi f?r att se v?r f?rsta sicilianska docka teater, Pupi Siciliani. Det var en ber?ttelse om Jesus p? Golgata. F?rst bes?kte vi museet med n?gra av de ursprungliga dockorna, hundratals ?r gamla sparade och?omh?ndertagna?av en grupp som kallas Fratelli Napoli. Denna familj?arbetar med Pupi Siciliani och dess traditioner sedan 1921.
Catania hade 12 stora teatrar, ?ppna varje kv?ll och var det st?rsta Pupi omr?det p? Sicilien. Dockorna ?r st?rre ?n i Palermo, ungef?r 1,20 meter och scenerna var fyra meter l?nga. Napoli familjen har sparat all Pupi material fr?n hundratals ?r sedan och de g?r f?rest?llningar i Catania varje l?rdag kv?ll p? Vecchia Dogana. De turnerar ocks? runt om i v?rlden.

This theater canvas is from 1500 and was used in plays in Belgium
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Denna teater duk ?r fr?n 1500 och anv?ndes i pj?ser i Belgien
Visitors could feel the weight and try the technic with the old dolls
from 1600 and newer
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Bes?karna kunde k?nna tyngden och prova techniken med de
gamla dockorna fr?n 1600 och nyare
The photos below?are from the play Jesus at Golgotha
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Bilderna nedan ?r fr?n pj?sen Jesus p? Golgata
The last supper
This is the crew
Oldest member who do the female voice is over 90 years!
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Detta ?r?gruppen
Den ?ldsta medlemmen som?g?r kvinnliga r?sten ?r ?ver 90 ?r!