We are familiar with puppets that are controlled by a hand inside, hidden by a high stage, or marionettes controlled by puppeteers hidden above. In Vietnam, puppets move about by controllers hidden by the water they’re standing in! Mike Powell and Jürgen Horn attended a performance of Vietnamese water puppets.
The concept of water puppetry is simple to grasp: hidden behind a backdrop, a team of puppeteers use long bamboo…
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