![]() ![]() The water puppeteer stood in the game room to control the puppet. The water puppetry room is a puppet house or a water hose, usually erected in the middle of a pond or lake with the architecture symbolizing the roof of the communal house in the countryside of Vietnam. Above the water is a stage, and below the water is a control system with machines, poles, and ropes connected to the game room. The water surface of the pond is both a stage, an environment, a scene, and a supporting character for puppets operating under the talented control of artists. ![]() The uniqueness of this art form is expressed right from the name “Water puppetry” which is taking water as the stage for performance. Water puppetry is often performed on festivals, village festivals, happy days, and New Year’s Day… Water puppetry is a type of theatrical art, so the art of water puppetry is also synthetic and multi-faceted. ![]() This is also a distinct traditional culture of the Vietnamese people compared to the puppetry art of countries around the world. From the unique features of an art form with folk elements, water puppetry has quickly become a traditional art and is considered a unique intangible cultural heritage of the Vietnamese nation. With his father’s rich imagination and intelligent creativity, he contributed to the formation of the water puppet art form. The traditional puppetry art of the Vietnamese people is associated with the natural conditions and daily life of wet rice farmers in the Northern Delta. dating from the Ly dynasty is located at Long Doi pagoda, Doi Son commune, Duy Tien district, Ha Nam province. According to different sources about puppetry art in Vietnam, in 1121 water puppetry was put on a show to celebrate the king’s birthday, as evidenced by the Chinese characters engraved on the ancient stone stele. Puppetry art exists in many countries around the world, but water puppetry is unique to Vietnam. Water puppetry is a unique and creative folk theater art form imbued with the traditions of the wet rice agricultural civilization, born at the same time as the Dai Viet culture. ![]()
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