Saturday, September 11, 2010

Vietnam wins two golds at int’l puppetry festival

Vietnam wins two golds at int’l puppetry festival

Vietnam bagged two out of the total four gold prizes for performances
at the second International Puppetry Festival, which closed in Hanoi
on September 9.


The host’s gold prizes went to
the Thang Long Puppetry Theatre’s water puppetry programme in
celebration of the 1,000 th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and the
Vietnam Puppetry Theatre’s “Andersen” item based on three stories of
Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, including “The Brave Tin
Soldier”, “The Ugly Duckling” and “The Little Mermaid”.


The two remaining gold prizes belonged to Singaporean and Indonesian troupes.


The Organising Board also presented 12 gold and seven silver prizes
to the most outstanding artists and three prizes to the best directors.


The six-day festival, organised by the Department
of Performing Arts under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism,
attracted 12 foreign troupes and five from Vietnam, including the
Vietnam Puppetry Theatre, the Thang Long Puppetry Theatre and the
puppetry troupes from Hai Phong city, Dak Lak province and Ho Chi Minh
City./.

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