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. – Winter schedule: 15:30 – 18: 30 – 20:30Īddress: Ho Chi Minh City Labor Culture Palace, 55B Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, Dist 1, Ho Chi Minh city.Vietnam water puppetry or “múa rối nước” in Vietnamese is the pride of people living in Red River Delta. Include 3 performances (water puppet show): – Time of performance: The theater is open for all afternoon and evening (including Sundays and public holidays). Type 2: 40,000 VND / ticket Hue Imperial Puppet Theater Sunday morning 9.30 (Special discount 1/2 price of ticket for children) Type 2: 40,000 VND / ticket Thang Long Puppet Theater Performing time: 17:00 – 18:30 every day of the week Reservations or tickets for performances please contact: The puppets, apricot, familiar animals such as: dragon, unicorn, turtle, phoenix and carp … of the Hong Phong tangle more dynamic than other places because they are made by the carpentry village – Cuc Bo. The stages are not complicated but require the ingenuity and aesthetics of artisans. There are dozens of stages to prepare such as: waterproofing, piling, wire, and create the image puppets suitable for each story. Viewers on the shore find the puppet suddenly appear, suddenly hidden, soft, gentle, winding the sound of drum and music.
Water hidden in the heart of all the secrets of the puzzle.
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The water puppet theater is always full colour of sky, clouds, trees, scenes … immeasurable conversion printed on the water as the background for the character “tangled” activities.
Water has created phenomenal virtualization due to its liquid and reflective properties. Water puppetry is just a simple, poor color, crumpled of wood sculptural motif, just enough for the viewer to see the general perception of people, things, etc. Water both hindered and assisted, in coordination with the puppet. Water plays an important role in water show, water is not only the background for the operation of the puppet, but also makes the puppet more beautiful. Water puppetry performances cannot be missing the sound of drum and other auxiliary audio.
The puppets play by the control of the people behind the veil, using poles and strings.
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