Water puppet shows in Sài Gòn

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April 7th 2013

Published: April 7th 2013

30 & 31 March 2013 - A friend and I went to see a water puppet show in Sài Gòn. I've seen water puppet shows more than 10 times in Hanoi, but this was my first ever experience with a water puppet show in Sài Gòn and I wanted to see how different it was in the two cities. A travel agent on Bùi Viện street offered to sell us a ticket at VND 150,000 (US$7). We decided to go directly to R�... Read Full Entry

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I am a Hanoi_girl who loves to travel. When working for a Japanese construction company in Hanoi, I had the chance to travel to 28 countries and to all the 63 provinces in Vietnam, including 25 trips to Huế city. Egypt, Mongolia and Italy are my love, and other favorite countries are Australia, France, New Zealand, Nepal, Fiji, Japan, India, Indonesia, Belgium, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China (8 trips, 15 cities), South Korea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Cambodia (3 trips), Brunei Darussalam, the United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Laos (3 trips), Malaysia (4 trips), Singap... full info

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Outdoor stage

Sài Gòn water puppet theater inside History Museum

Rồng Vàng water puppet theater

A Vietnamese water puppet outside the theater

Vietnamese water puppets

Puppets on sale as souvenirs at the Sài Gòn water puppet theater inside History Museum.

Outside Rồng Vàng water puppet theater

Tourists walked along pavement after the show.

Outside Rồng Vàng water puppet theater

Poster outside the theater at night.

The Palace of Culture and Labor

Rồng Vàng water puppet theater is located inside the Palace.

Rồng Vàng water puppet theater

Night market outside the theater

Rồng Vàng water puppet theater

Tourists went out the theater after the show.

7th April 2013

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Water puppets
We went to the water puppets while we were in Hanoi and thoroughly enjoyed it. Your photos turned out much better than ours.

8th April 2013

John Strathearn
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Water Puppets Sai Gon
Thanks for this interesting entry and the photos. I love the water puppets in Hanoi so it is good to see that the tradition is continuing in Sai Gon.

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