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Look up — way up.

Giant marionettes are set to take over parts of downtown and Old Montreal as part of the city’s 375th birthday celebrations. Here are five things you should know about them.

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1. They are big

The two characters are monumental marionettes that stand more than 10 meters tall: the Deep Sea Diver (Scaphandrier) and the Little Girl-Giant (Petite Géante). The girl’s dog, Xolo, also towers over humans. They are all moved mechanically by dozens of Lilliputians using ropes and pulleys.

2. There’s a story

The Deep Sea Diver is arriving from the St. Lawrence River.

“Just like the coureurs des bois, he moves his encampment regularly, an old container filled with useless treasures found in sunken ships: a submarine compass, a ship’s wheel, a captain’s hat and many other souvenirs that he looks at every now and then,” the organizers explain.

In Montreal, he’s about to meet up with his long lost niece, Little Girl-Giant, who, “just this spring, was among the glaciers of the Great North, trying to free her boat, which was wedged in the maws of two icebergs.”