Thang Long Water Puppet Theater sets Asian record
Thang Long Water Puppet Theater was honored for the record of the only theater performing continually 365 days a year.
Thang Long Water Puppet Theater was established in 1969 and overcame many tough periods when traditional art genres gradually sank into oblivious.
In 1990, Thang Long Water Puppet Theater decided to invest for puppetry recovery and performances for domestic and foreign visitors.
At first, Thang Long Water Puppet Theater organized weekly and monthly periodic performances only. Currently, more and more tourists know about water puppet due to its creativeness, distinction. The frequency of performances and revenue of theater get higher year by year.
Currently, most of tourism programs in Hanoi include activity of enjoy water puppet performance at Thang Long Water Puppet Theater. Therefore, the theater opens all 365 days with more than 2000 regular programs.
In addition to the record, Thang Long Water Puppet Theater succeeded in advertising traditional art genre of the country to over 50 nations throughout the world.