Water puppet show - a unique traditional art
Water puppet is a special art created by wet rice culture from a folk art, water puppetry has become a traditional art. and with Tuong, Cheo, water puppetry is regarded as the art of high position in the art of national theater. Speaking of puppetry, almost all the Countries have, but water puppetry is only in Vietnam. The essence of the art of water puppetry is getting more and more admiration of international friends, becoming a unique art product of Vietnam, a unique art of the Northern Delta.
Behind the fairy tale are the artists who are lurking in the water
The contents of the water puppet show are often the subject of rural life in the Red River Delta, reflecting the lives of farmers such as plowing, fishing, catching frogs, wrestling, dragon dance, etc..Reflects the farmers' desire to have a peaceful and happy life
A performance that truly reflects the farmer's life
Water puppetry is one of the cultural messengers of Vietnam. In recent years, this art form has attracted the special attention of foreign delegations when coming to Vietnam. There are days, puppetry artists perform continuously from morning until 22h to be home.
To become a water puppet, the artist needs to spend time exploring and learning. Especially want to pursue this type of traditional art requires real passion, accept sacrifice to bring the audience the best performances, The water puppet performers have to dip for hours underwater, each performance lasting 50 to 55 minutes but on average, each performer performs 6 shifts every day. Most of the people are blond, blue eyes do not understand Vietnamese but constantly utter praise, that is the motivation for the artist.
The performance is over
Water puppetry has been developing for a long time but still remains valuable of the Vietnamese people which is also an important factor to attract tourists from different countries of the world. So water puppets is the top 10 things not to be missed when visiting Hanoi
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