![]() ![]() It is inscribed on Sùng Thiện Diên Linh Stone Stele placed in Long Ðọi Pagoda, Đội Sơn Commune, Duy Tiên district, Hà Nam province. Yet, the evidence of the art of water puppetry remaining today shows that this traditional art form was seen under the reign of Ly Nhan Tong in 1121. ![]() It has come into existence and developed together with the wet rice civilization since the Hung Kings founded the country. (3) The frequency has increased from once or twice a year in the village into three times a day in the Hanoi theatre, due to tourists’ demand.Puppetry is a traditional stage art form that has long existed of different ethnic groups in Vietnam. (2) The transformation of the location from the village pond into the theater in capital city. #Water puppetry history professionalFor instance, (1) The transformation of performers such as puppeteers or musical troupes into professional who are trained from National Art College. The process has transformed the original water puppetry into tourist attraction. The water puppetry became into a show for tourists and not the village’s celebration anymore. Tourism has been influenced and transformed the traditional cultural heritage of Vietnam into tourist attraction. Thus, the audience of the show are mostly foreign tourists.ĩ The research study revealed that the water puppetry used to be performed once or twice a year in the village, but now it is performed 2-3 times a day at Thang Long Theater due to the increasing of tourists’ demand.ġ0 4. Water Puppetry became a tourist attraction in Hanoi. ![]() Both the puppeteers and the show’s musical artists are no longer from the Red River Delta villages. Thang Long Puppet Theater was particularly designed for holding cultural events especially “Water Puppetry”Ĩ At present, the puppeteers are young artists who are trained in the art colleges in Vietnam. ![]() The show was meant as a celebration among the people in their own village According to the national policy to preserve the local arts, the government brought the water puppetry as a performance to Hanoi in 1956 at Vietnam National Puppetry Theatre, later the Thang Long Theatre.ħ Thang long theatre Thang Long Water Puppet Theater is located at Dinh Tien Hoang Street, nearby Hoan Kiem lake, in Hanoi. Study results Water Puppetry was created by the villagers and performed for the village. From 1956 to 1958, the Vietnamese government made a policy to preserve the local arts, so many national artists learn the arts from villagers.Ħ 3. The theatre made Water Puppetry more popular among urban people and tourists. This theatre is in Rường Chinh street, Hanoi. In 1956 Nhà hát Múa rối Việt Nam or Vietnam National Puppetry Theatre was established under the support by Vietnamese government. In 1956 President Hồ Chí Minh watched a puppetry performance by the Radost troupe from Czechoslovakia and he invited the troupe to help establish the national Vietnamese puppetry group. The puppeteers use a large bamboo rod to support the puppet under the water behind a bamboo screen. Water Puppetry is performed in a waist-deep pool. They include activities such as harvesting, buffalo fighting and winnowing rice.Ĥ The puppets are made out of wood and then lacquered. It contains scenes and they take place in rice paddies, fish ponds and temples. The Water Puppetry is performed by farmers for their neighbors. Every village has ponds or lakes to perform the water puppet. The dragon is particularly the strong character.ģ Buffalo Dragon The origin of Water Puppetry began in the Red River Delta which was hot, humid and filled with rivers. Water puppetry first appeared in the 11th century at the villages around the area of “ The Red River Delta’’ (Northern Vietnam) The farmers created this show to pray for nourish in the rice crop usually performed at the end of the rice harvest or religious festivals. ![]()
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