![]() This 6-hour tour offers the chance to discover the tunnels while an informative guide provides plenty of information. Iconic for their role in the Vietnam War, the Cu Chi Tunnels offer one of the best Ho Chi Minh City tours and are incredibly popular tourist sites in Ho Chi Minh City. ![]() 1 – Cu Chi Tunnels: Morning or Afternoon Guided Tour Read on, and find out the best Ho Chi Minh City tours. AAS Takes Action to Build Diversity & Equity in Asian Studies.ĪAS Community Forum Log In and Participate.Looking for the best Ho Chi Minh City tours? From fun vespa tours to Mekong Delta boat tours, these Ho Chi Minh City tours will definitely spice up your holidays.įormerly known as Saigon, the Vietnamese city of Ho Chi Minh provides culinary delights, bustling markets and plenty of exciting landmarks.Cultivating the Humanities & Social Sciences Initiative Grants.Re-envisioning Asia: Contestations and Struggles in the Visual Artsĭownload PDF Water Puppetry in Vietnam An Ancient Tradition in a Modern World PRODUCED BY SAM PECK 31 MINUTES, COLOR BERKELEY MEDIA LLC, 2012 Reviewed by Karen Kane.Distinguished Service to the Association for Asian Studies Award.Distinguished Contributions to Asian Studies Award.Striving for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Asian Studies: Humanities Grants for Asian Studies Scholars.Gosling-Lim Postdoctoral Fellowship in Southeast Asian Studies. Water puppetry arose in the Red River delta and other rice-growing regions of northern Việt Nam a thousand years ago, during the Lý dynasty. Villagers staged water puppet performances to celebrate the end of the rice harvest, at religious festivals, and simply for entertainment. Today, watching a performance of this unique folk art has come to be mandatory for tourists to Việt Nam, where water puppet shows are often held at sophisticated theaters in major cities, such as Hanoi. Troupes have also been brought to the US for Asian cultural festivals. Few visitors travel to the rural Vietnamese countryside to see the water puppet shows in the settings for which they were intended, the rice paddy deltas. ![]() Screen capture from the film showing the water puppet theater in the village of Bao Ha in the red river Delta, Việt Nam. Sam Peck, a cultural anthropologist at Kenyon College, and a team of graduate assistants have produced a charming-if slightly uneven-documentary exploring the production and reception of the film in a rural village. Peck and his team traveled to the village of Bao Ha with a series of archival, government-made films about the village’s famous water puppet shows. A community screening was organized, and villagers were encouraged to express their opinions about them. Five villagers were then selected, including puppeteers, village officials, academics, and students, and trained to make films of their own about water puppetry. In addition, Peck’s team recorded short vignettes of the five villagers’ daily routines and the craft of the puppeteers. A second screening was organized, which included the new short films made by the members of the community themselves. The team’s goal was to have “the process of digital repatriation traveling full circle.” Screen capture from the film showing villagers critiquing the film.
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