Winter: 15h | 16h10 | 17h20 | 18h30 | 20h | 21h15Įach Thang Long water puppetry lasts about 45 minutes What is more, Thang Long Puppet Theatre serves performances on request as well.Īddress: 57b Dinh Tien Hoang – Hoan Kiem District – Hanoi – Vietnam. Some shows also feature English subtitles on screen for international audiences. The theater is open all day of the week and up to a maximum of 6 performances per day. Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre is located in the Old Quarter area. It is advisable to book in advance as the theater is always crowded. And after the show, linger in the romantic Hoan Kiem lake with a glass of coffee at the theater’s cafe.Įach show takes less than an hour long. The show has a live band performing and be prepared to have a good laugh at Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre, which is well-known for its comedic repertoire. Drop yourself in the ancient tales, the ancient legends and the shouting of crowds as the dragon or characters suddenly appear from under the water. The seats in the middle of the stage, in the front row seats are the best places to see all the performances and look at the puppets, but remember you may easily get wet there. The puppets are controlled by the underwater rods or very special wire systems. Puppets were performed on a lake that made the stage and the puppeteer dips themselves in water to manipulate puppets from behind the screen. Since 1990, the theatre regularly organizes international tours and has participated in many art festivals around the world.
Today, Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre is one of the traditional puppet theatres that is still opened until now, the wooden puppets of the theatre have become worldwide known. This unique puppet art originates around the 11th century on the Red River. Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre was established in 1969 and is one of the most famous water puppet theatres in Vietnam. Here are the wonderful places to watching best water puppet show in Vietnam: 1. In addition, there are also dozens of water puppet shows in many localities of the Red River Delta.
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The art of water puppetry is an indigenous cultural characteristic of Vietnamese, developed in most of the villages around Thang Long citadel and most of the wards in the northern delta provinces.Ĭurrently, in Vietnam there are about 7 professional puppet art troupes in central Hanoi, Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City, Dak Lak, Quang Tri and Hoi An. In the Vietnamese water puppet treasures, there are 30 traditional shows and hundreds of modern puppet shows reflecting the folklore and everyday life of the Vietnamese. The most prominent character is Teu – his body is round, with optimistic smile. Wooden puppets are chiseled with their own stylized lines, then trimmed, polished and decorated with different colors to enhance the traits of each character. The puppets are made of wood, performed by the control of the people behind the font through the system of poles, wire … and is accompanied by drum and flute.Įach puppet is a folk sculpture. There are backdrops at the back, and decorated flag, fan, elephant, parasol, port … Water puppet has different traits than ordinary puppetry that the puppeteer use water surface (also known as a puppet house or a water house) as a stage which is erected in the middle of ponds or lakes with balanced architecture representing the communal roof in the countryside of Vietnam. The water puppet show (puppet show, water play) is considered to be the intangible cultural identity of Vietnamese, a traditional folk art form in the region of The Red River Delta that usually takes place on holidays, festivities, happy days, Tet holidays.
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