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term, which means a play for children at the pre-school age) is a biennial
festival
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of professional
puppet theatre
Puppetry is a form of theatre or performance that involves the manipulation of puppets – inanimate objects, often resembling some type of human or animal figure, that are animated or manipulated by a human called a puppeteer. Such a performan ...
for
children of the
pre-school age organized by the ''
Naivní divadlo'' theatre in
Liberec,
Czech Republic
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.
History
The festival was established in 1972, when the cities of Liberec and
České Budějovice
České Budějovice (; german: Budweis ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 93,000 inhabitants. It is located in the valley of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Malše.
České Budějovice is t ...
were organizing in rotation the festival each year. Since 1991, the festival is organized in Liberec as a biennial festival.
See also
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Serial Killer (festival)
Serial Killer is an international festival of TV and online series. It is the first event of this kind in Central and Eastern Europe.
The Festival is held annually in Brno, Czech Republic. It aims to offer current and high-quality European seri ...
*
Gorolski Święto
External links
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Puppet festivals
Theatre festivals in the Czech Republic
Children's theatre
Recurring events established in 1972
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