Just let me pull a few strings

April 23, 2017 5:51 AM

Oliver Mobeli is a young talent from Lobaye, Central African Republic, who performs local music with his handmade band/orchestra made with puppets, toys and marionettes. Facebook links (original source)

YouTube repost of first link

posted by drlith (5 comments total)

That's pretty great and very creative. The string rig running around his head is an interesting innovation that helps with the liveliness of the performance. Very cool -- thanks for posting!
posted by hippybear at 5:55 AM on April 23, 2017

Very cool! Thanks for posting. and thanks for the YT link. I don't do FB and they punish you by showing only 1/2 of the screen.
posted by james33 at 6:28 AM on April 23, 2017 [1 favorite]

This is so wonderful! Damn marionettes dance better than I do.
posted by cichlid ceilidh at 7:22 AM on April 23, 2017 [1 favorite]

oh dang, that's really cool!
posted by rebent at 10:15 AM on April 23, 2017

Whoa. Capturing the groove of the dancers like that is pretty amazing.
posted by umbú at 5:34 AM on April 24, 2017