Furthermore, the best North Vietnam tours such as a Hanoi city tour of Splendor of Vietnam and Cambodia 17 days tour will take you to a theater in Hanoi, so that you can watch a show without traveling to the field. Later, to make it more convenient, some expert puppeteers performed a water puppet show on the village’s public pond so that it could attract more audience to come on special occasions like traditional festivals, Tet holiday, Mid-Autumn, etc. How a water puppet is performed?Īs it is said above that the original water puppet shows were performed in actual rice paddies moreover the simple stages were built around flooded fields. It is believed that the shows were not originally meant just for the entertainment of the local rice farmers but also as a way to keep the spirits amused so that their crops would be prosperous. It’s not easy to take a control of puppet A large bamboo rod is used by puppeteers who normally stay behind the stage in order to support and control the movements of puppets. The shows are performed on water like pools, ponds or rice paddies. The puppets are made from wood which is available in every village, then they are lacquered and decorated as well. After the hard working time on the field, farmers could sit right on the banks of the field they relax, come up with as well as enjoy some “little festivals” performed by real artists who are actually simple-hearted people a few minutes ago such as singing, dancing, and especially water puppet show. Therefore, there are many festivals and traditions showing itself “the breath” of the agricultural culture.
In the past, the daily life of Vietnamese people was closely linked to the water rice civilization and rice paddies.
One of the typical scenes in water puppet show in Hanoi Vietnamese water puppets historyĭating back as far as the 11 th century, even it could go back further by a few hundred years, the water puppet was born right on rice paddies in the villages of the Red River Delta located in the north of Vietnam. It can be literally understood “making puppets dance on water” or “puppet show on water” which is one of the most distinctive features in Vietnamese cultural identity. You are probably familiar with a puppet show but a little bit strange with the term “water puppet” which North Vietnam tours recommend. That’s why in the North Vietnam tours, travelers shouldn’t miss enjoying a water puppet show in Hanoi.
The puppets are carved out of wood and often weigh up to 15 kg.Nowadays, among the domination of modern types of entertainment, water puppet still has its own role in the life of people in Tonkin that can’t go away. Puppeteers stand behind a split-bamboo screen, decorated to resemble a temple facade, and control the puppets using long bamboo rods and string mechanism hidden beneath the water surface. Modern water puppetry is performed in a pool of water 4 meters square with the water surface being the stage. Today’s Vietnamese water puppetry is a unique variation on the ancient Asian puppet tradition. Water puppetry is a tradition that dates back as far as the 11th century when it originated in the villages of the Red River Delta area of Northern Vietnam. Impressed and inspired by the Bulgarian team’s innovative work, their Vietnamese peers extended an official invitation to present their work in Hanoi, the birthplace of the ancient art of water puppetry. Just recently, the theatre company met with the visiting National Puppet Theatre of Vietnam in Sofia. Slon Puppet Theatre has engaged in innovative shows ever since its inception in 1988. He established European water puppetry in 2014, staging “The Bird of Eden” in Bulgaria. Tsvetanov is an actor, pedagogue and author of a number of studies in the field of puppetry. The novel system of puppetry uses over 3-metre-long mechanisms that make the mystery of the puppets coming to life even more exciting. Miroslav Tsvetanov has invented an entirely new system of traditional Vietnamese water puppets and the means for their control, the Slon (Elephant) Small Puppet Theatre said.
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