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Theater
Classical theater:
The classical theatre is called Hat Tuong in the North and Hat Boi in the South.The classical theatre was formed in the 12th century by the Mongols. The Hat Tuong theatre, very conventional, borrows his gestures and his setting of stage to the chinese opera. The Hat Tuong theatre has few actors, who are immediately identified thanks to make up and costume symbolics. A face make up in red means courage, honesty and fidelity. The cruel character make white his face. People who live in the plains are the face paint in green, the highlander in black. Horizontals means the honesty; circumflex, the cruelty and falling, cowardice.
The popular theater:
The popular theatre is called Hat Cheo. The words of the play are imbued with the lyricism of folk songs, proverbs and popular sayings. The most of melodie are farmer's origin.
The modern theater:
The modern theatre is called Cai Luong. He originated in the South, Mekong River delta . Cai Luong is influenced by West.
Water puppet theater:
| The art of water puppetry is uniquely Vietnamese. Probably the most original theatrical art form is the "water puppet theater". for a long time it was thought that this form a theater also had its origin in China, but more recently it has been proved that it developed in north Vietnam, and goes back to the early part of the first millenium, during the Ly dynasty . The surface of water serves as the stage for the puppets, which are operated from behind a bamboo screen thet represents the traditionnal communal house of village. The plays are acompagnied by traditional music and by popular singers. |  Water puppets - It is made of wood with water-proof lacquer. Hanoi. |
 Water puppets - The
art of water puppetry is uniquely Vietnamese. |