The Sicilian Puppet Theatre was proclaimed in May 2001, and subsequently registered in 2008 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
The History
The proclamation took place in 2008 during the second session of the World Heritage Committee held in Istanbul (Turkey). The Opera dei Pupi was born in Sicily at the beginning of the 19th century, enjoying the greatest success especially among the popular classes of the island.