Theatre on the water

There is a traditional entertainment in Vietnam. It is not clear to us as a child went to all the usual puppet theater. Someone liked it, someone frightened. Vietnamese counterpart history thing of the past.

This tradition originated more than ten centuries ago in the villages that were located in the north, at the mouth of the river Honghe. There was entertainment by chance. It was invented as a partner during the floods. Puppets for the show are made of wood and covered with a waterproof varnish. The show takes place in a shallow pool, and a doll as if floating on the water, thanks to the large rod that holds them. Puppeteer is usually hidden from the viewer's screen. You a selection of pictures from yesterday's speech Water Puppet Theatre in Hanoi, Vietnam.








































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