![]() ![]() Each water puppet village has its own characteristics about story, music and dialogue. However, the restoration process was carried out without accuracy. It was funded by Ford Foundation many years ago. I remember a project on the water puppetry restoration in the northern villages. We are trying to restore authentic water puppetry but the way we do may not be reasonable. In the past, puppet shows were held to entertain people once a difficult harvest season had finished. How important is the preservation of puppetry?Įvery time I talk about it I feel sad because the pure beauty is fading away. I have made water puppets for many shows and exhibitions. I make good use of the traditional lacquer technique to make the water puppets. My family also has a tradition of making lacquerware. This helps me to make the puppets with the typical cultural characteristics of the Red River Delta. So agricultural daily life and spirit was so deeply embedded in my mind. I was born and grew up in the Red River Delta village. I have also researched documents about puppetry and have learned about core value of this unique craft. I have travelled to different locations in the whole country to meet puppetry artisans to learn their stories. I have involved in water puppetry for 40 years and still my passion for this art is very strong. It is a destination for our friends to come to enjoy and recall the old things.Ĭould you talk about the process of making a puppet? The museum is simply a place in my homeland in La Khe Ward in Ha Dong District displaying our works which we devote our life to. I make puppets to depict the beauty of the peasants. He wants to keep the beauty alive of the rural areas. My father paints large-size lacquer works to record old beauty scenes that have been forgotten. That beauty is associated with the art of water puppetry which comes from the life of peasants. He is passionate about the pure beauty of Vietnamese old rural village and people. ![]() I am also heavily influenced by my father, painter Chu Manh Chan. ![]() My whole life has been attached to puppetry. Your water puppets are on display at your home. Artist and former director of Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre Chu Luong. ![]()
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