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Vietnamese water puppets impress Cubans

Vietnam ’s unique water puppets won the Cuban audience’s hearts after a special show at the Carpa Trompoloco Circus in Havana from Mar. 23-25.
Vietnam ’s unique water puppets won the Cuban audience’s hearts after aspecial show at the Carpa Trompoloco Circus in Havana from Mar.23-25.

The performance, by artists from the ThangLong Water Puppetry Theatre, featured distinctive activities ofVietnamese people such as dragon dancing, buffalo fighting, fishing andrice harvest.

A skillful combination of folk music and waterpuppets supported by light effect in the first ever show in theCaribbean country helped Cuban people gain a deeper insight intoVietnam’s culture and folk arts.

According to Cuban DeputyCulture Minister Fernando Rojas, the performance was another expressionof traditional friendship between Vietnamese and Cuban peoples.

Headof the Vietnamese artist troupe Tran Quoc Chiem said he was impressedby Cuban people’s sentiments to the puppeteers in particular and toVietnamese people in general.

He said he hoped to bring the show back to Cuban people in various localities as soon as possible.-VNA
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