Since we already spent most of our final day in Vietnam shopping for goodies at Saigon Square and Ben Thanh, we decided to reserve our remaining time to watch the highly-regarded Water Puppet Show.
The Water Puppet Show is a cultural performance that usually illustrates the daily lives of the Vietnamese people. Although some may find it uninteresting because of the traditional Vietnamese music played by an orchestra throughout the performance, aside from the fact that Vietnamese language is also used, for me, the VND70,000.00 that I spent to watch the show was money well-spent.
Water Puppets are like colorful wooden dolls. The performance is made in a waist-deep pool of water that serves as the stage. As such, there are lots of scenes where the puppets seem to appear from beneath the water.
We arrived at the theater early so we just spent our spare time taking pictures of the huge puppets outside and had snack at the cafeteria. Anyway, there are two (2) fifty-minute performances daily. The theater opens at 4:45PM in time for the first performance that starts at 5:00PM.
Muscular
The Orchestra
Traditional Vietnamese Music
First Scene
Planting Rice
Ducks
The tiger ate the duck
Poor Duckie
Tigger's been slain
Fish is abundant
Here comes the Emperor
Phoenixes
Slay that sea monster
Triumphant
Sea Fairies
Take a bow
They maneuver the water puppets
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