![]() ![]() Besides, Water puppet shows are often performed in festivals, such as Giong Phu Dong Festival. Meanwhile, in Ho Chi Minh City, tourists can find these shows in Golden Dragon Water Puppet Theater. The theatre opens everyday with many outstanding performances of water puppet. In Hanoi, Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre is a should-not-miss place if tourists want to admire special shows. Todays, in Vietnam tour packages to Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City, travelers easily have chances to enjoy water puppet shows. The French called the art of water puppetry with elegant puppets is "soul of Vietnamese rice fields" and assessed: "With creativity and discovery, water puppet should be classified in the most important form of puppet theater". Water puppet artisans depend on rhythm of music to control puppets, which help connect repertoires. Water puppetry always goes with music like dancing art. Naturally, it is a work of art taking actions as language expression. Taking advantage of water power, the machine creates a remote control and brings a lot of surprise to audiences. The folk artisans depend on the experience and creativity to make water puppet machine more diverse. The success of puppetry is mainly the movement of puppets’ body and actions. ![]() Beautiful puppets just have values in terms of sculpture. Creating actions of puppets on water is the crux of puppetry. The technique of controlling water puppets is highly evaluated. They adore experiencing and discovering the distinctive art in their Vietnam holidays. These characteristics make a large number of travelers curious about water puppetry. ![]() The talent of artisans brings a new cool breeze, optimism, and love for the nature and for people through simple things which are amplified and become more artistic. The more beautiful puppets are, the more sophisticated controlling technique is, and the more abundant the ability of express is. To make a complete puppet, it must undergo many hoops from perforating core to decorating and many stages which the artist cannot ignore. The shapes of puppets are usually fresh, funny, comedic and symbolic. Puppets are products of folk wood sculpture art with both high realism, rustic, loving, and lyrical features. Through performances of traditional water puppetry, activities of daily life, material and spiritual customs of Vietnamese farmers are expressed obviously. House of water puppet is built amid ponds, lakes with a balanced architecture symbolizing the pavilion of rural Vietnam. The distinctive element of water puppetry is using water surface as the stage for puppets' tricks and dramas. Before becoming a theatric art, water puppetry is an activity in folk guilds scattering in villages and "raised" by local people's enthusiasm. It is an exclusive blend of art, nature and people. In the romantic natural atmosphere, audiences have a chance to contemplate a unique art which contains elements of the nature. Stories told by artists in the form of Water Puppet make audiences feel the cultural identity of each locality in Vietnam, lifestyle of local people and their simple wishes in life. Water Puppet is often performed during festivals, spring days, and days after harvests. Vietnamese Water Puppet is an outstanding creation of residents in Red River Delta, which was triggered from overpowering and improving water. The art of water puppetry was formed since Ly Dynasty (1010 - 1225). Although puppetry exists in many countries, Water Puppet appears only in Vietnam. In Vietnam tours to cultural and historical lands, travelers seem to be allured into the long-lasting and unique features of Water Puppet. The unique folk art has been a should-not-miss thing to see in Vietnam travel. The unique art can be compared with Tuong singing (a Vietnamese classic opera) and Cheo singing which are the arts having high positions in national theater. Due to featured characteristics, from being an art with folk elements, Water Puppet rapidly becomes a traditional Vietnamese art. Water Puppet is an art form of Wet Rice Civilization. ![]()
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