The Hải Phòng puppet festival, themed ''Hải Phòng – 70 Years of Brilliant Flower Seasons'', aims to preserve and promote the unique cultural and artistic values of traditional Vietnamese puppetry.
A new water puppet stage will open at the Museum of Ethnology, followed
by a performance by the Thanh Hai troupe from the northern province of
Hai Duong.
When the performance ends, Pham Van Me carefully
cleans his puppets one by one, making sure that they will shine in the
next show. Only when he is completely satisfied does he put them back
into storage.
The house recently began welcoming foreign tourists to take a look into
the old artform, which originated in the rural countryside of northern
Viet Nam.
