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Water striders

   Posted by: Kathe   in Performance, Puppet art, Research

From a globetrotting friend (hi, Cia!) come these lovely pictures of water puppetry from Saigon; she notes that “the skit topics seemed to relate to ordinary life along the water (catching fish) and mythical tales of dragons and folk stories.  There is a website which includes an English version: http://doanmuaroitphcm.com/Home/default.aspx When it has fully loaded there is an audio track as well.” Those greens! And the pleasure of seeing that puppets, like humans, are equally at home in the water.  (All photos courtesy Cia Lakin. Ignore the date stamp – these are current photos.)

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2 comments so far

Larc
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Coral has a water fairy puppet from either there or from Vietnam (?). You’ll have to see it next time you’re here!

November 26th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
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Let’s play!

November 27th, 2008 at 5:15 pm

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