Artisan imbues southern culture with water puppetry
Phung Quang Oanh left Hanoi for HCM City in 2007, bringing along his puppets and a strong desire to introduce water puppetry – one of the most popular northern cultural feature –to southern residents.
Artisan Phung Quang Oanh (Photo: VNA)
Fig timber – main material to make water puppets (Photo: VNA)
Phung Quang Oanh’s set of tools (Photo: VNA)
Skillful hands are required throughout puppet-making process (Photo: VNA)
Oanh pays attention to every detail of a puppet (Photo: VNA)
Painting is always the last step (Photo: VNA)
A corner of Oanh's workshop (Photo: VNA)
Oanh is holding one of his favorite puppet (Photo: VNA)
Main character of the 'Phoenix Dance' show (Photo: VNA)
Characters in the 'Festival drums' show (Photo: VNA)
A puppet used for the show 'Vinh quy bai to' (Returning home to pay tribute to ancestors after getting an academic honour)(Photo: VNA)
A puppet in the 'The eight fairies' show (Photo: VNA)
'Rowing' (Photo: VNA)
'Catching frogs' (Photo: VNA)
Dragon heads made by Oanh (Photo: VNA)
Oanh’s puppets are highly favoured by local puppeteers (Photo: VNA)