Karaghiozis9th Primary school of Larissa

8-11-2013

Karagiozis or Karaghiozis

(Modern Greek: Καραγκιόζης, Turkish: Karagöz)

is a shadow puppet and fictional character of Greek folklore,

descending from the Turkish shadow puppet Karagöz and Hacivat.

He is the main character of the tales narrated

in the Turkish and Greek

shadow-puppet theatre.

Karagiozis is a poor hunchbacked Greek,

his right hand is always long, his clothes are ragged

and patched,

and his feet are always bare.

He lives in a poor cottage

(Greek: παράγκα) with his wife Aglaia and his three sons, during

the times of the Ottoman Empire.

In the scene his cottage is on the left and the Sultan's Palace (Sarayi)

on the right.

Because of his poverty, Karagiozis uses

mischievous and crude ways to find money and

feed his family.

On Friday, November 8

we watched

a Karaghiozis performance

in our school

setting the scenery

the audience

is very excited

What a surprise!

One of our students participates

in the performance!!!

Everybody likes Karagiozis!

We laughed a lot and just had a great time!!!