Nowadays, it is at the same rank of “cheo” and “tuong” - top-class singing art forms in the Vietnamese theatre.Įach water puppet show has its own certain meaning. Nevertheless, since the August Revolution, due to its unique identity, Vietnam water puppetry's position has been rapidly promoted from a folk art to a traditional art. It was simply considered a folk game for farmers in the countryside. 2 - Historical & cultural values of Vietnamese water puppetryīefore the August Revolution, this form of art had not been properly appreciated in terms of its cultural, spiritual, and artistic values. In the Northern Vietnamese villages in general, this is an inevitable part to be held on major festivals such as village festivals and Tet holidays. This form of art has been passed down from generation to generation, at the same time, Vietnamese water puppetry is constantly being innovated and developed by professional plots and plays combined with unique ethnic music. Water is a signature in this form of art, representing the ingenuity in the art creation of the working class by bringing the natural factors into the artistic life in order to reflect their emotional feelings. I’d like to go everywhere.When did water puppetry begin? - Source: Internet Imagine everything, and try to do it when it’s possible.Īlbert Einstein said “Logic can bring you from A to B. I hate too long articles, so I will conclude it with a suggestion for my generation: Imagine. But I can’t complain about my world if I’m doing nothing for improving it. My dream is becoming a cinema director, but I want to do it in a better world. I trust in dreams, i think that if everyone works for making the dreams come true the world could be a better place. Maybe you’ll not appreciate all features of the countries you’ll visit, as you don’t love every defects of your friends, but you’ll accept them, because your friends do the same with your imperfections and contraddictions. I think that, if you’re not scared, you’re not racist. I think that, if you deeply know the cultures so different from yours, you’ll not be scared from them, because you can understand them. I trust in differences, and in peace between differences. I’m 23 years old and I stayed two months in Hanoi (Vietnam) for the realization of my documentary project about Vietnamese Water Puppets Theatre. My name is Alessandra Grassi and I’m a student of Cinema and Media Engeneering in Turin (ITALY). As a Western person who want to talk about Eastern customs, I need the aid of a medium, a filter, which will help me to deeply understand Vietnamese culture: Puppetry Theatre will work as my medium, and at the same time it will be the main subject for my documentary as a precious cultural treasure to document and diffuse. Water Puppetry Theatre talks about Vietnamese traditions, and at the same time it is a tradition itself. This documentary will be likely ready by July 2012. Shootings will be also employed for the realization of a more traditional documentary for cinema projection. Internet technologies will provide me the possibility to potentially talk with many people all over the world, more then any other media. My first objective is popularizing and advancing the knowledge of this special kind of theatre. Since August 2011, short videos, images, texts and maps are uploaded on this blog-cumentary, which represents a sort of collection of notes, what I learned about Water Puppets Theatre in Vietnam. The main objective of the project is the diffusion of international cultural heritages through digital media.
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