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WHAT IS KAMISHIBAI ?

Kamishibaï (紙芝居?, literally "paper theater") is a form of Japanese street theatre and storytelling that was popular during the Depression of the 1930s and the post-war period in Japan.

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Japanese storyteller and his butai

Kamishibai was told by a kamishibaiya ("kamishibai narrator") who travelled on his bike to street corners with sets of illustrated boards that were placed in a miniature stage-like device, the butai, and the stories were then narrated by changing each image.

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Plywood butai

Using Zoom conferences, your children will be directly connected live to a fun and interactive storytelling session

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It's Konfishibai-Time !

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