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Water Puppet

Acacophony flutes, gongs and drums filled the theater. A procession of colored flags around the stage moves inland, flags on the waves. The four sacred animals – dragon, phoenix, tortoise and the unicorn – line dancing. Is the spectacle of traditional water puppets.

Water puppet show, an art form unique in Vietnam, they say he was inspired by the annual flooding of the Red River Delta, where religious statues outside floating village temple gave the idea of creating a new form of entertainment during the rainy season. This is called the soul of the rice because of its close association with water and rice paddies, and made historically in Dinh Thuy, a nightclub with two floors Back when Shrine, and the bottom of interpretations.

The villagers gathered to watch when or after the festival of culture in the provinces around Hanoi. Traces of Thuy Dinh goes back three centuries can still be found in several districts, the Thay pagoda most famous. Water puppetry reached its peak during the Ly dynasty (1009-1225) – was carried out shows for royalty in 1121 to honor the old King Ly Nhan Tong.
Puppeteers should be deep in muddy water behind the bamboo curtain. The company has always been a social group of fans from 1970 to 1980 people but they were only 20 puppeteers. The head of the company, an old man recognized as the most experienced puppeteer, made all the decisions. According to the custom of the people, women were forbidden to join the company for fear that when they married, they reveal the secrets of families with her husband.

Rails involve water puppet both the rhythms of village life and national heroic legends. It may take up to 150 puppets to express the 16 legends that form the repertoire of commercial theaters in the city. The most popular character is the host farmers Teu. Chubby Teu leaves a bright red kilt and sing to us, warning the villagers to their bad habits with a big smile and mischievous eyes. Teu is considered the creator King nuoc, and was traditionally enjoyed during the execution.
A French newspaper says the puppets are manipulated trick unimaginable. This is as if they are hired by an invisible force "of music and fireworks, cleverly syncopated with the story add to the excitement of two folk art that combines sculpture, painting, embroidery, dancing and making work of fire, poetry and music.

Today puppet shows water to attract a steady tourists and villagers celebrate the harvest in Dinh Thuy, but the stories themselves and the crowd is no less grateful for the magic and skills in the program, find as entertaining as the peasants for centuries.

A floating world

Vietnamese water puppetry is recognized internationally as a major art form, and a wooden statue of Van Phan Chu Teu by Ngai is seen in the Louvre in Paris. The puppets are made of wood from fig trees that line the ponds of the city. The first stage of the puppet making is wood carved by craftsmen, to give it its unique character. Then covered with gold leaf or silver or other colors.
A last layer of tree resin son-in-the raw material of lacquer – adds to waterproof the wood. It takes months to complete a puppet. The average weight is about 2 kg, but weighs 8 kg. The puppets are attached to a system of rods, son and silk with a pulley system worked by the hands of the puppeteer and water, creating the illusion of the floating world

NOTES OF THE AGENDA a puppet show Thang Long water TREATRE

Prelude 1.Musical
Each performance opens with two or three songs traditional Vietnamese played with traditional instruments. These songs vary from a show. If artists and their music is current with update.

2. The increase in flags and the introduction of "Chu TEU" MC
It would not be a party without colorful flags, always in five different colors. The challenge, and even the art of water puppetry, is to keep dry flags, even underwater. Chu Teu role is similar to that of a master of ceremony, but with a unique style Vietnamese. It appears as a man in connection young, with hair cut to a young boy comic. It is also very underdressed and acts as if a bit naive, sometimes irreverent but always with a sharp wit.
A sample of his introduction:
Train yourself Teu von Thien Thuong Dong
I just teu sky
Bi Boi Hai Dao Gian TRAN truat Xuong
Exiled here for stealing fish
DOI Thay Sa da boi king Doan
Seeing that this society is full of complex problems
Nen Phai Ian Law Toan you his days with a return on investment yet!
I have to pull forward and try to solve these tangles!
(In Vietnamese boi king often means "worries" or "problems of a play on words for" king "on the next line, which means that the puppets. Similarly, "LAN Law "means figuratively or try to fight very hard and literally means diving and swimming – a clever if not too subtle reference to nuoc 'king' or water puppetry)

3. S Dragon Dance
According to legend, the people of Viet descended from a celestial dragon and a fairy. Said to be powerful, wise and benevolent. The dragon dance, dance like the flag before the puppeteers are given the opportunity demonstrate their technical capacity and skills.

4. In a buffalo with a flute
A Vietnamese song popular question: trauma chan bao Ai Kho (who said tending buffalo is a hard-knock life?) And the song on the list of various enjoyments to spend a day outdoors in the back of a Buffalo:
I ke lua You Xin Dong Bang Tre ru nuoc
Let me tell you about the rice paddies, villages
It Ngata lung injury Sao Xanh lang von Thoi see.
Assistant emerald green bamboo
The sound of the flute in the back of a buffalo
With Huong Thi Hoi NHO I've co
Back to all those who aspire to the motherland.

5. Farming
The part of the sample to complete various tasks such as tilling agricultural puppets soil, transplanting rice seedlings and rice irrigation with large cubes. Indeed, many these practices are still used today and can be seen in the Red River Delta.

6. Catching frogs
This a cartoon in which the farmer tries in vain to catch frogs in your cart.

7. Fox steal a duck
Another vignette of agricultural life in Vietnam. Both the Red River (Song Hong) and Mekong (Cuu Long) Delta rice fields and abundant number of existing ponds. These provide a natural habitat for ducks. Unfortunately, time and then a certain creature is a fat juicy duck simply irresistible!

8. Fishing
Fish is the main source of protein in the Vietnamese diet of the famous (and spicy) fish sauce and shrimp paste on the fish and shrimp delicate mix dry bread crumbs. With its long coastline, Viet Nam has hundreds of thousands of rivers and lakes and ponds. As evidenced by the performance, fishing can be relaxing and also the formation of character.

9. Triumphant Return
At the heart of Hanoi, Van Mieu (Temple of Literature) always saves the names of all doctorates literary passed national examinations, which dates back to 11th century. other large stone steles on the backs of stone tortoises commemorating their achievements. The turtle represents longevity and highlights the importance of learning society in Viet Nam. Exams are held every three years in the capital to select tangerines. Graduates have been named for all levels of the bureaucracy, including the Royal Court. Graduates would be a triumphant return to his hometown four pins with all the benefits of office: beautiful clothes, honor guards, trumpets, flags, cars and tenders.
This system of selection which has been observed for centuries, the attitude toward Vietnam enhances learning. This involves not only compliance with the learning for herself, but also to use it as a means of escaping poverty. In the last refugee crisis learning again proved its value beyond doubt: a person can lose everything he or she has the status and wealth of their families, but education is something that can not be deleted.

10. Lion Dance

11. Dance of the Phoenix

12. Legend of the Restored Sword
In the history of Vietnam, Le Loi, successfully led a ten-year survey (1418-1427) to regain independence from China. Legend has it that The Act has been greatly facilitated by a magic sword. In 1428, after he became king, one day when he went by boat on a lake in the capital of a giant turtle emerged and asked to return the sword. King duly approved and Hoan Kiem Lake, has been appointed or Restored Sword Lake to commemorate the event. As the income statement:
Guom Ba Thuoc giup nuoc KHI
This helped me before long sword
Luoc muon het u ra Quan Xam
Defeated tens of thousands of invaders
Nguyen Thai Binh Kiem looks at chu
Now, only the magic sword is returned to its owner
ghi daughter Hoan Kiem Khac non ho
And remember that the lake Hoan Kiem

13. Swimming
The water, in addition to being the purveyor of life in Viet Nam may be a source of amusement for young people in particular.

14. Boat Racing
Loa loa loa!
Hey hey hey!
Mo Ngay Dua daughter hoi the Thuyen TRO
To open the festival is the race
Chit God Thon Dong Khan
The East Village has red scarves
Tuna avoid Khan Luke mang
Village West is blue scarves
Muc Tuna Khan vang buoc
The village of CMU uses yellow scarves
Loa loa loa!
Hey hey hey!

15.Unicorns compete for prize

16. Dance of the Fairies
A replay of the dragons and fairy theme, representing the ancestors of the Vietnamese.
According to legend, King Lac Long Quan (about 2800 bC) married Au Co and they had 100 children. After a moment, he said: "I left the Dragon and his ancestors were the fairies would not be possible for us together forever. Why do not you take 50 of our children in the mountains while 50 others took me to the sea "
Lac Long Quan were separated all the king's eldest son of the New Kingdom, Van Lang. The new king was named Hung Vuong and established the first dynasty of Vietnam.

17. Dance of the four magic animals
The four animals with magical powers are: dragon, unicorn, tortoise and phoenix

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