KUCHING: Kamishibai (paper play) is a form of Japanese street theatre and storytelling that was popular during the post-war period in Japan until the advent of television during the twentieth century. Kamishibai was told by a kamishibaiya who then sets their illustrated board and narrated the story by changing each image. In its earliest origins, Buddhist monks used emakimono (picture scrolls) as pictorial aids for recounting their history.
This is the early combination of picture and text to convey a story. Sarawak State Library invites children with the age between of 4 to 12 years old to experience themselves the process of making their own kamishibai.
This workshop will be held in three separate sessions which is on August 18 to 20, 2018. The workshop will be held at Seminar Room, Level 1, Sarawak State Library, from 2.30pm until 4.30pm. The workshop will be facilitated by Mazni Md Ramly Cik Maya Michiguchi and is limited to 20 participants for each session. Admission is free.
For registration, visit bit.ly/pustakamishibai For more information, contact Puan Siti Zaliliah Abang Zaidi at 082-442000 (ext. 338) or email to sitizz@sarawak.gov.my.
