Beautiful photos, as always
This guy is gorgeous~ my favourite colour, too.

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Thank you. He is one of my favorite. He has gotten one more layer of eyelashes since this picture was taken, thus more "sexy" LOL

Hope you are having a great time in Japan

Hm... it should be "Naraku" not "Nara".
Nara = 奈良, now that would be something totally different.

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Thanks. I missed that .

He's gorgeous!! *__* But say, exactly what kind of dolls are they?
I've never seen such as him.

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Not love, nor romance.
Something more fundamental, that goes deeper in the soul..."~ [link]

They are not really dolls. They are Taiwanese Hand Puppets.

wow. *O* I'm sorry but, can you tell me about them a little? Or can you give me a link where I can read about them?

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~"「恋ではなく、愛でもなく。」
Not love, nor romance.
Something more fundamental, that goes deeper in the soul..."~ [link]

No problem at all.

Budaixi (Chinese pronunciation for this type of Handheld Puppets) is a traditional folk-art that is popular in Fuuken (a province in the southern part of China) and Taiwan.

In the old days, just like Homers of Greek, these Puppet Performers travel from city to city telling stories (mostly epic of historic heros) using these puppets. They were always part of the big festivals etc.

The traditional puppets are small (palm size) the two hands are control by thumb and a fingers.

After WWII, a particular Performing Troupe got a contract with a TV Station (Taiwan only had 3 at the time with limited air time) and their show - tales about a fictional historic hero was aired. It had an unprecedented following. So big that the government decided to shut him down (do not even try to understand the reason behind it)

Anyway, many years later. This kind of Puppet Shows were broadcast again but a lot of regulation. In 1989-ish, the performing troupe decided to make their show into direct to video rental only so that they do not have to deal with TV Stations.

Over the next 20 years, the puppets have evolved to be about the size of Hound/ Mecha Angel. They are now controlled by two hands or two puppeteers

I have a picture on my LJ [link]

Here are some clips so you can see how they compare to human and how they are controlled
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Here is a clip of the actual show
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wow, Thank you for the throughout answer!!^^-
Thehe puppets are wonderful! *_*
Tell me, ( I'm really curious) Around how many $ is one?

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~"「恋ではなく、愛でもなく。」
Not love, nor romance.
Something more fundamental, that goes deeper in the soul..."~ [link]