Water puppetry in VietNam

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What is Water puppetry

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U know what water

puppetry is?

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93% of Vietnamese know What Water puppetry is

Water puppetry means puppets dancing on water

Not this kind of puppet This one

“Vietnamese water puppetry is an age-old art that is intimately tied to the rural culture of rice farmers. ”

›Water puppetry is a tradition

art form that is only native to

the Vietnamese. It origin in the

delta of the Red river in the

11th century.

›Today's Vietnamese water

puppetry is a unique variation on

the ancient Asian puppet

traditional

Characteristics and Operation”“

movable heads and arms

The figures exhibit a variety of forms: humans of all sorts, animals like water buffalo and cormorants, mythological beings like fairies and dragons, and familiar objects like boats and fish traps

Sexy puppets

a 4 meters square pool (full) of water

Decorated with flags, banners,

Gates.

Pagoda structure with beautiful dreamy scenery

and curved roofsPlace for the

orchestra

Stage

bamboo blind hide the puppeteers

The puppeteers stand in waist-high water and control the puppets with bamboo rods and string mechanisms below the surface

Content

᎘ Themes include humorous

aspects of daily life, fairy tales,

folk legends, and national

history. Stories of the harvest,

fishing and festivals are

highlighted.

᎘The show is typically

narrated by a chubby country

bumpkin named Chú Tễu.

A traditional Vietnamese orchestra provides background music accompaniment. The instrumentation includes vocals, drums, wooden bells, cymbals, horns, Đàn bầu and bamboo

flutes

Orchestra

Orchestra

᎘Singers of chèo sing songs which tell the story beingacted out by the puppets. The musicians and the puppetsinteract during performance.

On tour

᎘Vietnamese puppetry art is widely introduced, especiallythe water puppetry, in international puppetry festivals,abroad performances and books, newspapers as well.

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