Te Tieu puppets – typical representatives of puppetry in Vietnam
Wednesday, 31/10/2012 11:36 (GMT+7)
(CPV) - Performances corroborated by farmers, who not only are puppetry artists but designers as well. The context of the puppet art is the countryside of Vietnam which shares a close connection to wet rice civilization. These are specific characteristics that make the art of puppet-theatre attractive in general of which Te Tieu puppets are a typical example.
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The Te Tieu puppet performance style reflects the lively spiritual
cultural life of Vietnam’s wet rice civilization |
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According to craftsman Pham Van Be, one of the farmer artists in
Te Tieu village, an attraction of the puppet-show art is the carefully
whittled and crafted faces and bodies of the puppets |
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Puppet characters must closely connect with the lofty and beautiful
dreams of farmers |
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And daily life of agricultural residents |
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The background of puppet-art is farmers in the Vietnamese countryside |
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With their work closely connected to the wet rice civilization |
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In spite of being stylized, the stage of Te Tieu puppet-performances
still closely bonds to the harvest rice-field |
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It reflects habits and dreams of people |
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Beliefs of people |
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... are firm background for craftsmen to create puppet-showings |
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Filter and inheritance, the national art quintessence, make immortal
vitality of Te Tieu puppet art |