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Writing blogs as well as sharing travel tips, tourist attractions and lots of hidden places are my top thing to do with my free time. I have loved writing since I was a child. What are my hobbies? Traveling, going to pagodas, museums and studying beautiful architectural works, visit tourist attractions. Thousands of travĮlers use our services and 99% of them are satisfied. Having a huge passion for travel and a master's degree of Information Technology, I have launched some travel projects including Athena Travel Vietnam, Vietnam Trip Advice, Hidden Travel Vietnam, OXO Tour, Scooter Saigon Tour, Ao Dai Saigon Food Tour after graduating from abroad. My friends call me Tracy and I am living in Ho Chi Minh City. Water puppetry is now frequently performed in puppet theaters in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and it is regret if you miss the chance to enjoy it.Hi everybody! I would like to say thank you for reading my blogs whether you are planning your trip to Vietnam, expats who live and work in the country, students and researchers who would like to find information about Vietnam, especially Vietnamese culture, foodies who are interested in delicious Vietnamese foods and recipes and others. In current times, water puppetry has become a popular form of entertainment, especially for local children and foreigners who want to discover more about Vietnamese folk culture. Through water puppetry plays, rural people also expressed their desire for a better life of prosperity and happiness.

In order to communicate with each other, puppeteers have to use dialect and code-words to keep the show going on smoothly and to prevent others overhearing talk of their particular technique.Īs briefly mentioned, the content of a water puppet show reflect folktales stories about the very daily lives of ancient people, or fairy tales inherited from generation to generation with educational meaning or satire bad habits. The art of performing water puppet show lies behind the scene where there are 8 puppeteers stand behind a split-bamboo screen, decorated to resemble a temple façade, and control the intricate movement by long bamboo rods and string. Water Puppet Artists Have to Submerge Their Bodies In The Water During Performance - Photo: longlinkwaterpuppet.vn During festival times at ancient villages in the North, water puppet is also performed on traditional ponds. Water puppetry is now widely performed at theaters in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, in a pool of water 2 meters square with the water surface being the stage. In the recent decades, water puppetry is coming back to its hey days thanks to the normalization and restless effort of cultural researchers in promoting the image of Vietnam heritage.

Apart from satisfying the entertaining demand of ancient people, water puppetry is somewhat a kind of ritual to satisfy wandering spirits so that they would not cause mischief. Originĭeveloped from the 11th century by villagers in the Red river area of Vietnam, water puppet reflects the real daily life of people, with casual stories from the kitchen to the fishing pond and paddy fields. Together with eye-catching puppets made of wood and lacquered, water puppet shows are attractive thanks to meaningful stories hidden inside, as well as the secret technique of controlling puppet under the water without seeing anything.

Water Puppetry Performance - Vibrant Scene and Sounds From its first appearance in the 11th century until now, water puppetry has always been a unique variation of the ancient Asian puppet tradition. Vietnam water puppetry or “múa rối nước” in Vietnamese is the pride of people living in Red River Delta.

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