Water puppet theater in Hanoi
In Vietnam, the tradition of various theater and costume prestations – was born for a long time, first this tradition came from the imperial yards, where the courtiers entertained the imperial retinue with various productions, later the theater became a real part of the life of the local population, many people were looking forward to new productions, and also praised local artists. In addition to the theaters we are familiar with, a unique genre of – theater of dolls on the water has arisen, which is more popular among tourists than among local residents, but this theater is not only part of the culture of Vietnam, but also it is part of the entire world cultural heritage.
Features of the Vietnam Puppet Theater on Water
The most famous puppet theaters on the water are in Hanoe on Lake Tai - these are the Lotos and Thang Long theaters. It should be noted that this theater is more than 1000 years old. This theater is one of the most unique ways to portray the life of local Asian peoples in the form of productions with dolls. On one of the monuments in the village of Dai, a whole story is written that tells us the process of creating this theater, in short, this theater appeared, according to legend, thanks to the golden turtle and fairies, dancing wind dance. Indeed, in many modern productions of this theater you can observe fairies and golden turtle. The modern history of the theater is associated with various stages of development and decline of this type of theater genre, one of the most colorful pages of this theater is the famous « tour » in Europe of the 80s, when a corpse of local artists visited Germany, England, Italy, France and Holland. People liked the unique dolls on the water so much that they literally fell in love with this genre.
The main character of the theater on the water is a boy named Teu, who is over 1000 years old, however, despite his age, he has qualities such as courage, kindness and courage. Almost all the plots of this theater are built on monologues and stories about rural life, the life of a simple worker, and how kindness always defeats evil. The water surface itself is natural or artificial, the dolls are controlled by people who stand below the waist in the water behind a wooden screen.
If you like puppet or just theaters, be sure to visit this theater, here you will see a unique oriental genre that will immerse you in the unique solitude of the viewer with the production itself, that will make viewing such a genre unique and unsurpassed, thanks to the work of theater employees, a friendly and sometimes mysterious atmosphere is created that will not leave anyone indifferent.
