Nowon Cultural Center's Sanbi Takes the Stage as Star of an Original Puppet Show

The Nowon Cultural Center in Seoul created an original puppet show, "Sanbi's Story," starring its mascot Sanbi in 2024 and held a production launch event. The center posted the news in the press release section of its website on November 25, 2024.

Sanbi is the mascot of the Nowon Cultural Center's guided walking tours and is based on a wild pigeon rescued in Nowon District. In other words, the mascot of a tour program where people walk around the neighborhood and listen to a guide comes from a bird that was actually rescued.

The press release also carried news that the center received a top rating in a cultural development project. The puppet show launch and the project results were announced in the same press release.

Sanbi also appeared as a handmade doll. The Nowon Cultural Center ran a one-day workshop on making Sanbi dolls from socks, and participants spent the day making Sanbi dolls with socks as the material.

In 2024, Sanbi expanded its role from walking tour mascot to puppet show star and sock doll. From tours where people walk and listen, to puppet shows watched on stage, to hands-on making, Sanbi now appears in three kinds of settings.