The Vietnamese are famous for water puppetry. On Sunday night Chris and I saw the water puppets. The show was interesting to view as they told tales of myths and of daily life with water puppets. The water puppets are carved wooden figures that are on long poles. The poles are attached underneath the puppets so as they appear on the pond they do not appear to be attached to anything. There was an accompanying band of traditional Vietnamese musicians. It was very unique. When the puppeteers came out to take their bow there were about fifteen of them and they were standing in water that was about two to two and one half feet deep.
The puppets were works of art in themselves. They were carved wood and painted with very colorful lacquers. They had dancers, turtles, oxs, farmers, fish, soldiers, dragons, and kings to name a few. We both enjoyed the performance. I think my favorite parts were the rice farming scene and the fisherman's scene.