Hand puppet of a 'Professor Mestre Guedes' character. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has pink skin, almond-shaped eyes with small black pupils, a closed mouth, and adhered black hair, thin moustache and beard. His fabric body / tunic is dark blue with large pink-red and yello...

Hand puppet of a 'Zé Sanfoneiro' or 'Cegao do Fole' (blind) character. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has yellow-beige skin, a large nose, and an open mouth with light pink lips. His right eye is open, and his left eye is closed. His fabric body / tunic is a red with blue, li...

Hand puppet of a 'Padre (priest) Biapino' character. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has brown skin, almond-shaped black eyes, a large nose, and a slightly open mouth with red lips. He has painted black hair with a small painted circular white cap on the top of his head. His f...

Hand puppet of a 'José Adelson' character. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has dark brown skin, large rounded and misshapen black eyes, thin rounded eyebrows, a large nose, thin black moustache, and a closed mouth with red lips. He wears a woven wide brim hat, with sides folde...

Calungo hand puppet of a 'Filomena' character (the form is more similar to a doll than a puppet). The fabric body is off-white, with embroidered almond-shaped black eyes, and small red lips. She has attached curly black hair with a red ribbon on top. She wears a bright green dress with dark blue ...

Calungo hand puppet of a 'Zé da Maloca' character. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has medium grey skin, large almond-shaped black eyes, long nose, semi-circlular beard, and closed mouth with dark red lips. He has painted short black hair. His fabric body / tunic is navy blue ...

Mamulengo string (or marionette) puppet of a 'Ritinha' character. Head, hands, and legs are carved from wood and painted. She has pink skin, wide black eyes with long eyelashes, and a slightly open mouth with large red lips. She wears a dress made of two different yellow floral-patterned fabrics ...

Calungo hand puppet of a 'Noiva (bride) Benedita' character (the form is more similar to a doll than a puppet). The fabric body is off-white with attached black glove-like hands. Her facial features are drawn in felt with almond-shaped black eyes, thick eyebrows, small nose, smiling burgundy mou...

Calungo hand puppet of a 'Baltazar' character. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has dark brown-black skin, small circular black eyes with white eyelashes, flat nose, and thin red lips. He has painted short black hair, that is covered by a woven wide brim hat. His fabric body / ...

Mamulengo hand puppet of a 'Simao' (Simon) character. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has light pink skin, wide black eyes, sculpted eyebrows, large triangular nose, small moustache, and a red upper lip. The lower jaw is hinged and movable, and is controlled by a long looped w...