![]() However, based on collected evidence, water puppetry was popular in Vietnam under the Ly Dynasty. Legend has it that water puppetry was born when An Duong Vuong built Co Loa Citadel in 255 B.C. Attentively, through water puppetry, viewers could learn more about literary stories, customs, excerpts of cheo (popular opera) and tuong (classical drama), folk songs, and proverbs. Loan, water puppetry is an art of combination of stories, songs, dances, music, acting, antics, dialogues, orchestra, sounds including that of firecracker, lighting, and more, creating strong and attractive effects to viewers. Water puppet performance in Rach village of Hong Quang commune, Nam Truc district, Nam Dinh provinceĪccording to Prof. Thanks to the skillful and talented control of artisans, the puppets - inanimate objects come to life like soulful beings. The water surface is both an environment and a supporting factor for puppets to show off their magical, vivid, surprising and mysterious performances to audiences. Water is not only a place where puppets perform, but also an element of alliance, symbiosis, and resonance. Tu Thi Loan revealed that water puppetry uses the water surface as a stage. In an article written for the People’s Army Newspaper’s Tet (lunar New Year) edition, Prof., Dr. ![]()
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