Pictured is a water puppet man with a basket trying to catch water puppet fish in the Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre, Hanoi, Vietnam. It was established in 1969. Every year artists put on 500 shows for approximately 150,000 people. In addition the theater has brought water puppetry art to more than 40 foreign countries. The typical themes that surround a water puppet show are still deeply rooted in rural Vietnamese traditions that include fishing, planting and harvesting of rice as well as village folklore.
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