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Vietnam water puppetry introduced in Brazil
Water-puppetry artist Phan Thanh Liem will bring a performance of miniature water puppets to the programme "Vietnam Day in Brazil" in Rio de Janeiro, from November 15 to 17.
"Vietnam Day in Brazil" is an event under the “Vietnam Days Abroad 2024” programme with the theme “Confluence of the quintessence of a thousand years - Rising in the new era” chaired and organised by the Department of Cultural Diplomacy and UNESCO, under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Artist Phan Thanh Liem. |
The programme aims to promote Vietnam's image, people and culture to international friends, contributing to deepening and sustaining the relationship and strengthening friendship, understanding and mutual trust between the people of other countries and Vietnam.
Accordingly, “Vietnam Day in Brazil” will take place in Rio de Janeiro from November 15 to 17, with many performances introducing the unique cultural quintessence of Vietnam, such as water puppetry, lion and dragon dances and drums.
According to Artist Phan Thanh Liem, he will put on a show of selected traditional water puppet performances.
Artist Phan Thanh Liem was born and raised in a family with a seven-generation history of traditional water puppetry in Rach Village, Nam Chan Commune, Nam Truc District, Nam Dinh.
He is a successful design artist of water puppetry stages, as well as a screenwriter and contributor to the research and creation of water puppetry.
Phan Thanh Liem has received many invitations to bring his miniature water puppet stage to the US, the UK, Canada, the Republic of Korea (RoK) and China.
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