We
will have the opportunity to watch water puppetry, known as Múa rối nước in Vietnamese, which literally means "puppets that dance on water."
It is a tradition that dates back as far as the
11th Century when it originated in the villages of the Red River Delta area of northern Vietnam. Today's Vietnamese water puppetry is a unique variation on the ancient
Asian puppet tradition.
The puppets are made out of wood and then lacquered. The shows are performed in a waist-deep pool. A large rod supports the
puppet under the water and is used by the puppeteers, who are normally hidden
behind a screen, to control them. Thus the puppets appear to be moving over the
water. When the rice fields would flood, the villagers would entertain each
other using this form of puppet play.
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Water puppet show in HCMC
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