World Puppetry Day世界木偶日

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On every March 21st， people all over theworld celebrate the World Puppetry Day.

Puppetry can find its roots as far back as500 BC when Ancient Greeks would use a formof puppetry， but some historians believe it mightdate even further back—to 2000 BC or longer.

Puppets have often been used to not onlysimply tell stories to children， but they havebeen used as a form of theater. Whether throughhand puppets， marionettes2 or even shadowpuppets， puppetry is a unique way for people toexpress themselves through story.

One of the most famous stories of a puppet，The Adventures of Pinocchio，was written byItalian author Carlo Collodi. The story from 1883is about a puppeteer3 who makes a marionettepuppet out of magic wood and it comes to life.

Although puppetry is an ancient art form that can be traced back thousandsof years， World Puppetry Day is a much more recent event that started in thiscentury. The original4 idea for World Puppetry Day came from an artist in thepuppet theaters of Iran， named Javad Zolfaghari. The idea came about in 2000but it took a little while to develop and implement5 the plan.

The first World Puppetry Day event took place in 2003. The day issponsored6 by the Union Internationale de la Marionette （UNIMA）， which is acharity that is affiliated7 with the United Nations Educational， Scientific andCultural Organization （UNESCO）.

Today， World Puppetry Day is here to celebrate the creativity， art andinfluence that puppeteers and puppetry can have on humankind！

每年3 月21 日，全世界的人們都会庆祝世界木偶日。（剩余473字）

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