Quite recently, on Christmas Eve, a puppet show was held in our church. The idea for this show belongs to matushka Olga, who made the puppets and prepared the script for the show long before the premiere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The script for the drama \u00ab\u00a0Tsar Herod\u00a0\u00bb by V. Tikhomirov was taken as a basis, but was reworked: some scenes were not included in the script, and some were added and adapted specifically for children to memorize the text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Especially for the performance, stick puppets were made. These puppets resembled the style of the Belarusian Batleyka, but were a bit larger so that they could be seen from a distance. Batleyka <\/a>is a traditional Belarusian puppet theatre that takes the form of a wooden box with two levels. The upper level was where the action took place with the angels, Joseph and Mary, while the lower level was reserved for the \u201cdark\u201d characters. In our case, it is Herod and his entire entourage.<\/p>\n\n\n