Batlejka, the Glossary
Batlejka (Batleyka) is a Belarusian amateur puppet theatre.[1]
Table of Contents
9 relations: Belarus, Belarusian diaspora, Bethlehem, Biblical Magi, Christmas and holiday season, Herod the Great, Jesus, Puppetry, Soviet Union.
- Belarusian traditions
- Folk plays
- Slavic Christmas traditions
- Theatre in Belarus
Belarus
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe.
Belarusian diaspora
The Belarusian diaspora (Biełaruskaja dyjaspara) refers to emigrants from the territory of Belarus as well as to their descendants.
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Bethlehem
Bethlehem (بيت لحم,,; בֵּית לֶחֶם) is a city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank of the State of Palestine, located about south of Jerusalem.
Biblical Magi
In Christianity, the Biblical Magi (or; singular), also known as the Three Wise Men, Three Kings, and Three Magi, are distinguished foreigners who visit Jesus after his birth, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh in homage to him.
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Christmas and holiday season
The Christmas season or the festive season; also known as the holiday season or the holidays, is an annual period generally spanning from late November to early January.
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Herod the Great
Herod I or Herod the Great was a Roman Jewish client king of the Herodian Kingdom of Judea.
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Jesus
Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.
Puppetry
Puppetry is a form of theatre or performance that involves the manipulation of puppets – inanimate objects, often resembling some type of human or animal figure, that are animated or manipulated by a human called a puppeteer.
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
See also
Belarusian traditions
- Apple Feast of the Saviour
- Batlejka
- Ded Moroz
- Dożynki
- Egg decorating in Slavic culture
- Green week
- Koledari
- Koliada
- Kupala Night
- Malanka
- Maslenitsa
- Mummers' play
- Radonitsa
- Slavic carnival
- Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari
- Twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper
- Zaduszki
Folk plays
- 'Obby 'Oss festival
- Batlejka
- Bhavai
- Chester Mystery Plays
- Coventry Mystery Plays
- Folk play
- Golowan Festival
- Guise dancing
- Herod the Great (play)
- Hobby horse
- Hoodening
- Kalyady Tsars
- Kattaikkuttu
- Láir Bhán
- List of traditional Indian theatre
- Maach
- Malanka
- Mari Lwyd
- Mummers' play
- N-Town Plays
- Old Ball
- Old Horse
- Old Tup
- Purim spiel
- Puxada de Rede
- Records of Early English Drama
- Saang
- Sindhi bhagat
- Terukkuttu
- The Broad (folk custom)
- The Interlude of the Student and the Girl
- The Second Shepherds' Play
- The White Boys (mummers)
- Tsar Maximilian
- Vertep (Serbian)
- Wakefield Mystery Plays
- Winster Guisers
- Wooing Play
- York Mystery Plays
Slavic Christmas traditions
- Badnjak (Croatian)
- Badnjak (Serbian)
- Batlejka
- Božić (mythology)
- Budnik (Bulgarian)
- Christmas in Poland
- Christmas in Russia
- Christmas in Serbia
- Christmas in Ukraine
- Christmas in the Czech Republic
- From All of Us to All of You
- Jasličkári
- Koledari
- Koliada
- Koliada (deity)
- Koliadka
- Malanka
- Mummers' play
- Star singers
- Vertep
- Vertep (Serbian)
- Česnica
Theatre in Belarus
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batlejka
Also known as Batleika, Batleyka.