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Vietnamese puppetry seeks renewal amid preservation challenges
Although widely regarded as a cultural “speciality” attracting tourists, VN puppetry is facing multiple challenges in preservation and development, requiring renewed efforts to both safeguard its identity and adapt to contemporary cultural currents.
A new stage for a 2,000-year-old heritage
A student-led project breathes fresh life into water puppetry, reconnecting tradition with a new generation.
700 years of legacy: The village where puppets never stop dancing
Nguyen Xa puppeteers keep Northern Vietnam’s ancient puppet traditions alive-strings, drums, and soul.
Flight attendant gives up job, works to preserve water-puppetry art
Hoang Huong Giang decided to stop flying after 15 years as a flight attendant to devote herself to preserving the Vietnamese traditional art of water puppetry.
Hanoi's water puppet master brings art to Japanese Summer Festival
The captivating water puppet performances by artist Phan Thanh Liem and his student Hoang Huong Giang are a major highlight of the "Japanese Summer Festival."
Female artist brings Vietnamese stage puppetry to the world
Meritorious Artist Nguyen Ho Thuy Tien who has a great passion for Vietnamese stage puppetry and has made efforts to bring the art genre to the world.
Egyptian artists perform Vietnamese water puppetry
VietNamNet Bridge – Artists from the Cairo Puppet Theatre will perform the Isis and Osiris play through water puppetry, a unique art form of Vietnam in Hanoi on March 8 and 9.
Water puppetry – a must-see show for tourists to Ha Noi
The curtain is raised. A puppet called Teu comes out and introduces himself: “I was born from the heavens/Gone into exile for picking fairy’s peaches/As the world is complicated and treacherous/I’m wandering to see to troubles.”
Vietnamese water puppetry to be exhibited in UK
VietNamNet Bridge – The art of Vietnamese water puppetry will be introduced in the UK as a part of activities included in the ‘Discover Vietnam’ programme held in the UK from September 10 to 13.
