Vietnamese puppets visit Cuba
- Submitted by: Luis Manuel Mazorra
- Culture and Traditions
- 03 / 11 / 2012
From 23 to March 25 will receive Havana for the first time the National Theater Company of Thang Long Hanoi to give a magnificent spectacle with its ancient water puppets.
After years of waiting, the Cuban public can approach these puppets born in the region of the Red River delta, bearers of folk traditions, handicrafts and religious customs of the Asian nation.
A pool of two tons, brought especially to the Cuban capital, will be installed in the tent Crazytop, where Cubans enjoy the show turned cultural event on the island.
The water puppet, also known as The Dance of the puppets, manipulated swim in the pond for 12 of the best exponents of this art, who will share experiences with their Cuban counterparts.
In a press briefing today, the Vietnamese ambassador, Cong Vuchi, said that bringing this function here is another example of the deep ties between the two countries geographically distant but close in their ideals of social justice and love of peace .
It will be an opportunity for children to enjoy here with these puppets are a hymn to life, work, peace and nature, he said.
Havana features include a program of 10 performances ranging from dragon dance to the traditions of rice crops and fisheries.
Rituals also as the festival of percussion, the prelude to the Teu, popular puppet who embodies the qualities typical of the Vietnamese people, the dance of the fairies and the four sacred animals (dragon, lion, tortoise and phoenix).
According to historians, the marionettes are caused by moving figures with alleged magical powers that were placed on crops to drive away wild animals and bad weather.
The ritual evolved over centuries to become one of the most original puppet shows, innovative and unique in the world, which the company Thang Long has been faithful representative from its founding in 1969.
The puppets have traveled, the hand of the director of the grouping of Hanoi, Le Van Ngo, and its members, more than 40 countries on five continents.
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