Gigantic Body Parts Excite and Scare Crowds in Chile

Enormous human body part puppets roam around Santiago's Plaza de Armas.

Published

5 months ago

Categories

Seriously?

Topics

Seriously?, South America, Oceania

Places

Australia, Chile, Melbourne

Transcript

This big mouth in Santiago's Plaza de Armas has got people talking. And so have other larger-than-life body parts that have been found roaming the streets of Chile. If you haven't been keeping an eye out, there's a simple explanation. Australia's Snuff Puppets have come to town as performance art, exciting spectators like Valeria Gomez. (SOUNDBITE) Valeria Gomez, spectator, saying (Spanish): "It's educational, but since it's also 3-D, it seems real. It also teaches you about the function of each body part. I really like it and it also scares me" The Melbourne-based company has earned international fame, performing around the globe since 1992.