Sesame Street Updates: ‘Sesame Street’ is an American educational children’s television series. The series combines fun, action, sketch comedy, and animation together.
This is a ‘puppetry show’. The series is produced by Sesame Workshop which is also known as Children’s Television Workshop.
The series is created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Moriisett. The show is known for its Muppets and is basically made for kids. This is a type of educational series made for the kids; this is a blend of humor and cultural references.
Know More About Rohingya Muppets
The kid’s television show has decided to bring two Rohingya Muppets to help the refugee children residing in Bangladesh. ‘Sesame Street’ has just unveiled the look of two Muppets.
Because of the ongoing pandemic due to novel coronavirus, the children have suffered a lot. These Muppets will be soon introduced to the refugee children to bring back happiness to their life. The Muppets will be helpful for the children as they will be teaching them to tackle depression and overcome trauma.
Who Are Noor And Aziz Yasmin?
The Muppets who will be introduced to the refugee children have been named Noor and Aziz Yasmin. The two are twins and are six-year-old. The refugee children reside in Bangladesh and these kid Muppets will be seen meeting the children.
Noor and Aziz Yasmin will also feature in the episodes and will use the Rohingya language in the camps. The two twin Muppets will be seen featuring along with the famous characters from the series who are, Elmo and Louie.
Sesame workshop has even described the nature of the twins to tease the children around. the workshop described Noor as a funny as well as a passionate girl. Noor loves to form new rules for the games. While her brother Aziz is a creative boy, sometimes his creativity distracts him from his daily schedule.
Sesame Street: Know What Sesame Workshop Told About Noor And Aziz
Sesame Workshop, which is a non-profit organization, described the twins as “Noor and Aziz are at the heart of our efforts to bring early education to children and caregivers.” Further, it was added, “for most Rohingya children, Noor and Aziz will be very first characters in media who look and sound like them, they will bring the transformative power of playful learning to families at a time when it’s needed more than ever before.”
The refugee children live in camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The children came to Bangladesh in 2017 from Myanmar. The rising cases of coronavirus and nationwide lockdown prevented the adults from making the ends meet which is why child marriages and child trafficking were rising in the place.
The Muppets are to support such children so that they can get early education which can save them from being a witness to such dangerous acts and crimes.
