![]() ![]() Water Puppet stage is the space in front of the chamber. The water puppet chamber (water pavilion) is erected in the middle of the pond or lake with balanced architecture, symbolizing the pavilion of Vietnam rural areas.Īll puppetry chambers, stage are equipped with flags, fans, elephants, parasol, and votive gate like a reduced pavilion with curved roof reflected on the water surface. One of unique elements of water puppet is to use water surface as the water puppet theater to make fun, drama. Water puppet art has different characteristics with conventional puppetry. If the peasants are not close to the water until "living for soaking skin, dyeing for soaking dew", it is very hard to transmit the inspiration to water puppet characters. Soaking in mud and wading in water to make art is not a normal job making people interested in. ![]() Before officially becoming a theater art, water puppetry was mainly performed by groups in villages, which was "raised" by the enthusiasm of the Vietnamese people. It is really a unique blend of art, nature and people. In the poetic nature, the audiences have a chance to view the art forms including land, water, trees, cloud, wind, fire, also pavilion roof with red tile. Through the stories performed by the puppetry artist, the audiences shall feel the nuances of village festival, which are introduced into the ordinary and simple dream. Water puppetry is often performed on the harvest day, spring day, or in the festival. ![]() Water Puppet is a unique creation of the residents of the Red River Delta, was created by water recovery work. Puppetry appears in many countries around the world, but water puppetry is only available in Vietnam. Due to the unique, from a folk art, water puppetry has quickly become a traditional art that can be comparable to the classical drama, traditional operetta which has the high position on the national stage. Water puppet is also considered intangible cultural characteristics of the Vietnamese people. This type has been usually performed in festivals, village festival, fun day, New Year's Day, using the puppet to make fun on the water. Water puppetry has been born for over 10 centuries in the Red River Delta. Being a folk art, water puppetry art has become a traditional art, a special creation of the Vietnamese people. The Muppet Show featured famous hand and rod puppets such as Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy.Water Puppet (or Puppetry) is a unique traditional folk theatrical art form, formed in rice culture. In 1969 the Muppets were debuted on Sesame Street, a show created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett, which was also about puppets. #Water puppetry history tv#One of the more recent hand puppet shows, The Sheri Lewis show was a TV show starring Sheri Lewis and her puppet Lamb Chop. This show was on TV from 1960 to 1963, and was one of the biggest TV shows of its time.Ĭreated by puppeteer Jim Henson, the Muppet Show was an extremely famous puppet show which was on TV from 1776 to 1981 in Britain, and consisted of 5 series. Punch and Judy has many variations which means that current events could be included in the various shows, and makes it a much more interactive puppet show. ![]() This made it much easier to travel around with and meant that companies began to tour with their shows. Since its debut in England, on 9th May 1662, it had been a marionette show, but in the later half of the 18th century it began to become a glove puppet show. Then, in the 1800's, the already traditional Punch and Judy show became a hand puppet show. Laurent Mourguet, the creator of the show, was from a modest family of silk workers. Laurent started puppeteering by using other characters such as Polichinelle, but he quickly created his own characters, first of all the wine loving cobbler Gnafron, and then in 1808 Guignol. One of the traditional hand puppet shows, Guignol is all about workers in the silk industry of France. Although it is hard to trace hand puppets history, it is believed that they originated in England, in the 1700's. ![]()
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