But while Shadow Plays might lack a full educational concept in its basis they do have a moral dimension presented in a more or less clear way. Melancholic feelings for a long passed happy childhood or the lack of better activities are also to be considered as good reasons to join the crowd. Even though puppets have been frequently associated with younger ages, traditional plays in Shadow Puppetry are rather adult in content and this is perhaps one of the reasons why they attract different age groups. The history behind the origins of Shadow Plays is not clear but its geographic expansion unites continents into a common fact.
In Shadow Theater there is a common flexible dimension, in the space of reality, resulting from the interaction among the unseen one, who is moving the sticks in the backstage, and the audience, standing in front of a sheet of cloth, suspended by the rhythm of a plot where "performers" are made of leather cuts instead of flesh and blood. The puppeteer could be compared to a dualistic god, in-between light and darkness, performing all roles at the same time, able of being everywhere in just one place.
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