Hanoi to Host International Puppetry Festival 2024

The International Puppetry Festival 2024 is a cultural event that promotes cultural and artistic collaboration between Vietnam and other nations across the world, as well as a gathering place for puppetry art units from across the country. To make the activity more widespread, the Organizing Committee will allow participating units to perform for the public at various sites throughout Hanoi during the festival.

The organizing committee also intends to select 20 units from 20 countries and territories, including China, Japan, North Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Bulgaria, Hungary, England, Belgium, Germany, Belarus, Poland, France, Romania , Spain, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Norway, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, the United States, Mexico, Cuba, and Egypt. The organizing committee will also select typical performances from national professional puppetry art units to participate in the festival, which is expected to include Vietnam Puppet Theater, Thang Long Puppet Theater, Hai Phong Puppet Troupe, Phuong Nam Art Theater (Ho Chi Minh City), Hanoi University of Theater and Cinema, and Dong Nai Art Theater.

Illustrative photo: The International Puppetry Festival 2024 is a cultural event promoting cultural and artistic collaboration between Vietnam and other nations worldwide.

The Arts Council is made up of five prominent puppetry art advocates appointed by the Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism. Water puppetry, land puppetry, shadow puppetry, stick puppetry, and string puppetry are among the varieties of puppetry that have registered to participate in the festival, according to the regulations.

The performances must be of great artistic quality, filled with the cultural identity of each country and ethnic group, and have never won awards at previous international puppet festivals held in Vietnam.

The organizing committee will present souvenir trophies to art units participating in the festival, Gold and Silver Medals, and incentives for performances associated with the names of the units and performing artists, based on the Arts Council's evaluation results. In addition to the formal prizes, the Organizing Committee will award a number of other prizes to artists and groups of artists that have made significant discoveries and demonstrated innovation, based on the Arts Council's evaluation results.

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