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April 3, 2007
Water Puppets
On our last day in Hanoi we went to see a water puppet show. This is a North Vietnamese tradition.
The Puppeteers stand in a big tank of water, the water is about knee deep and then they stand behind bamboo screens so you can't see them. The puppets are on long sticks so they are controlled from behind the screens but come in front of them.
We weren't to sure what to expect, we thought it might be a bit like a Vietnamese Punch and Judy but it was actually very impressive. It started with a Dragon dance where four dragons danced around in and on the water then went on to many other scences.
Most of them were just simple parts of Vietnamese life like planting rice or catching fish.
Posted by admins at April 3, 2007 10:42 AM
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