Karagoz Everywhere

Supported by YTB, Karagoz Everywhere Team will tour the United States during Ramadan in 2023 to bring shadow puppetry to citied along the East Coast.

Karagöz Everywhere Project is a proud initiative of Turkish American Arts Society of New York (TAASNY) that started in 2016 with the vision of expanding the scope and horizon of traditional Turkish Shadow Theatre nationally and internationally; hence “Karagöz Everywhere”. Our mission is simple: to introduce and engage as many people as we can with Karagöz, and spread the magical experience of the “dream curtain” to audiences from all around the world. With this mission in mind, we started forming a Karagöz Team that consists of various artists, scholars, puppeteers, and academicians from around the world. Karagöz Everywhere strives to perform the highest quality of entertainment to promote understanding, tolerance, and communication across the diverse mosaic of our society through arts.

Collaborating with Yunus Emre Enstitüsü-Washington D.C., Turkish Language Program presents the traditional Turkish shadow theatre -- Karagoz & Hacivat.

Our special thanks go to Karagoz Everywhere, Ibrahim Yazici & Dr. Aysen Darcan, sponsored by Turkish + American Arts Society of New York! We'd also love to thank Professor Bart (Director of the Puppet Arts Program) for bringing Turkish shadow theatre to UConn!

Karagoz Everywhere Team is on the road. 23 Nisan Ulusal Egemenlik ve Cocuk Bayramini Washington DC’de cocuklara gosteriler yaparak kutladik. Hepimize kutlu olsun.

We have visited the Puppet Museum at University of Connecticut.

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Maarif School USA
Maarif School USA
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Dalaware Mosque
Delaware
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Hamidiye Mosque Karagoz Show
Hamidiye Mosque
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Selimiye Camii
Selimiye Camii NJ

Delaware Diyanet Mosque on June 20th

Karagoz Everywhere was at the Delaware Diyanet Mosque on June 20th. We had a great audience and the children were excited to interact with the "tasvir"s after the show. Thank you for inviting the Karagoz Crew! See you soon again:)

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It has long been a mission of TAASNY (www.taasny.org) to expand the scope of Karagöz Shadow Theater, which is recognized by UNESCO as the intangible cultural heritage of humanity in 2009.

A group of Karagöz Shadow Theater lovers started "Karagöz Everywhere" project in 2016 with the idea of exposing the 700 year friendship of Karagöz and Hacivat to audiences around the world. With this mission in mind, we have been collaborating with artists and cultural institutions who have been touched by and enchanted with the Karagöz characters.

Karagöz Celebrates Eid in Sunnyside

At a wonderful festival collaborated with Mimar Sinan Mosque & Cultural Center, Karagöz celebrated the end of Ramadan; Eid with the children of Sunnyside, New York.
TAASNY would like to thank everyone who participated in this amazing event.

Karagöz in Washington D.C. - August 2017

Collaborating with the Yunus Emre Institute, our Karagoz team had two shows at Washington D.C. Public Schools. The first show was at Wheatley Education Campus, and the second at HD Cooke Elementary School. Over 200 children attended, and met Karagoz and his friends for the first time.

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