![]() ![]() Question 3: Vietnamese water puppetry hasn't received positive feedback from audiences over the world. Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre on Dinh Tien Hoang Street near Hoan Kiem Lake is the most popular theatre for water puppetry. Foreigners don't understand Vietnamese, but they enjoy the shows because the puppets clearly demonstrate Vietnamese life and culture through their actions. Vietnamese water puppetry has been introduced to many countries all over the world and received much love from audiences. They focus on the daily life of farmers and common aspects of Vietnamese spiritual life. The themes of the shows are very familiar to Vietnamese people. All puppets are made of fig wood which goes along well with water. Watching this show can help you escape from your busy life and refresh your minds with unforgettable moments.ĭuring the shows, you can only see the puppets and a small folk orchestra of about 7 people the puppeteers stand behind a curtained backdrop in a pool. ![]() It's said that ‘Not watching a performance of water puppetry means not visiting Vietnam yet.' That's why water puppetry is a must-see show for tourists in Vietnam. The theater conducts over 2,000 performances a year, on average, introducing water puppetry to over 50 countries.Vietnamese water puppetry is a unique folk art. Thanks to its tireless efforts to revive the art, the theater performed monthly, then weekly and daily, with five performances a day now. Thang Long Water Puppet Theater, the most developed professional puppet group, also went through difficulties in the late 1980s when video and TV became common. Young people will make use of information technology more easily and conduct promotion campaigns more effectively," says Ngo Minh Phong, head of Dao Thuc Water Puppet Group. "We are recruiting and training young puppeteers. Local authorities in Hanoi's Dong Anh district, home to Dao Thuc Water Puppet Group, are also seeking ways to maintain and develop this art. Recently, the top leader of Bac Ninh has assigned the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to build an overall plan to develop Dong Ngu water puppetry, which was born in the 11th century. Our puppeteers have to do extra work to make ends meet," says Nguyen Dang Dung, head of the Dong Ngu Water Puppet Group. However, maintaining the tradition is not as easy. Thang Long Water Puppet Theater says that its 250 seats are full every day. ![]() The traditional art has proved popular with tourists. Wu Song is a fictional character in Water Margin, one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature, who kills a tiger with his bare hands. Some Vietnamese water-puppet troupes have a repertoire named Vo Tong da ho (Wu Song Fights a Tiger). Some puppeteers from the Thang Long Water Puppet Theater in Hanoi say that they often drink hot water and apply mashed ginger to their half-submerged body when the outside temperature dips below 12 C. īehind the stage, puppeteers, both male and female, stand waist-deep in the water, manipulating the puppets on the water's surface through a complicated system of long strings and long poles below the waterline. The age-old water puppet performances still thrive in Vietnam thanks to efforts from local troupes and the government. ![]()
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