With great dexterity, Teguh Candra Irawan arranged his puppets, dressed in Chinese garb, on the table. He dragged a short chair close to the table and then sitting in a lotus position, began to perform the hand-puppet show amid the dozens of lion dance masks his three children made to fulfil orders for the Chinese Lunar New Year celebration.

For Teguh, nee Thio Tiong Gie, telling stories through hand-puppet shows would not be appropriate u