| | Secondly, in most of the world's puppet theaters, great pains are taken to hide the manipulation of the puppeteers from the audience. This is done by either suspending the puppet from strings attached to the ceiling, as with marionettes, or placing a hand within the puppet and moving it with the fingers, as with ''guignol'' puppets; or by casting shadows upon a screen, as with the ''wayan kulit'' shadow puppets. In Bunraku, however, the puppet's manipulators appear openly, in full view of the audience. | | Secondly, in most of the world's puppet theaters, great pains are taken to hide the manipulation of the puppeteers from the audience. This is done by either suspending the puppet from strings attached to the ceiling, as with marionettes, or placing a hand within the puppet and moving it with the fingers, as with ''guignol'' puppets; or by casting shadows upon a screen, as with the ''wayan kulit'' shadow puppets. In Bunraku, however, the puppet's manipulators appear openly, in full view of the audience. |
| − | In 2003, Bunraku was added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list as a "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity". | + | In 2003, Bunraku was added to [[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|UNESCO's]] Intangible Cultural Heritage list as a "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity". |