Even though phill and I are theatre trained and spent most of our younger days either on the stage or managing one, we wanted to see the puppet theatre because it is cultural and different and you would only get to see it in Vietnam, so it wasn't going to be something we didn't go and see. However, we had heard from a couple of people that it is so boring so we decided that we would give it as long as we could and make an early dart.
Actually, it wasn't the one and a half hours the lady said it was, it was just under and hour and I am pleased to say that we stayed until the end. It wasn't exactly the most entertaining thing I have ever seen but it was different and it focused a lot on the history and culture, people and tradition of Vietnam so that kept me interested.
It went through lots of different stages.
The dragon and Phoenix made love! I won't go too much into detail here but there was a symbolic reference for this that was quite funny...and we'll timed!
They talked about the fishing
The women using umbrellas and the men using panpipes as a way of wooing each other.
The tradition of using fans
How there is lots of traditions that come from the champa region.
The importance of the lotus flower.
Thank you to Jenny and Garret for paying for us to go to the water puppet theatre. It was an enjoyable and different evening. Thank you.
Location:Hanoi
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