![]() ![]() ![]() The Vietnam water puppets are designed by the artists and made of lacquered wood. Spotlights and colorful flags adorn the stage and create a festive atmosphere.Ī water puppet show is performed in a pool of water as the stage of the puppets. His introduction is usually go along with a small folk orchestra. Teu, which is a pig-tailed bumpkin, is the character who usually appears at the beginning of the show and introduces the performances. Lion dogs lark like puppies while dragons exhale can smoke and shoot sprays of water at the audience. Besides village daily life, scenes include national history and legends. For the fisherman, it gets the short end (often taking his surprised neighbor by mistake). Fishing becomes a game of wits between the fisherman and his prey. ![]() Water puppets bring droll humor to scenes of village,fishing, farming, festival events such as buffalo fights, and children’s traditional games of marbles and coin-toss. The water also gives the best setting for the puppeteers’ content: regular village life. It tells of the regularly living in rural Vietnam and Vietnamese folk tales that are engaging to children through their parents telling. The skits’ theme is rural and has a strong connecting to Vietnamese folklore, it illustrates daily life of Vietnamese farmers (tending buffalo, catching fishes, cultivating,…), communal relaxation (swimming contest, dragon dancing…), or historical legends. It is one of Vietnamese culture significant. Water Puppetry is considered to be full of joys, lighting and colors and surprises for the audience. If you’re visiting big cities in Vietnam.Where you can watch a real water puppet show in Vietnam?.There are more than eight puppeteers hiding behind a bamboo screen control the puppets.A water puppet show is performed in a pool of water as the stage of the puppets.Water Puppetry is considered to be full of joys, lighting and colors and surprises for the audience. ![]()
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