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Little Girl Giant Puppet's public performance at the World Puppet Day Celebrations

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The Little Girl Giant Puppet of Sri Lanka will have its public premiere at the World Puppet Day Celebrations on Saturday March 24,  2018 from 4pm onwards at Independence Square (free entrance, organized by the Cultural Department of Sri Lanka). 

The Little Girl Giant Puppet is a novel initiative by the MJF Charitable Foundation to promote Puppetry as an income generation method to youth and hopes to spread the message of female empowerment by encouraging all care givers to raise every little girl to be the biggest giant she can be. 

According to a release by Power of Play this giant puppet has a height of 14ft and was built under the direction of Swedish artist Felix Widen Norgren (Director, Compania Pirata) in collaboration with Power of Play PVT LTD. 

Power of Play is a company that utilizes Puppetry and performing arts for communication, awareness and reconciliation of communities.This project was made possible through the sponsorship provided by Dilmah’s Merril J Fernando Charitable Foundation.

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