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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.
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  • 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)

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