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Water puppetry, a folk art form
associated with the Northern 

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countryside, has existed for hundreds of years. 

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From simple water surfaces, wooden
dummies tell stories about labor, 

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festivals and the lives of Vietnamese people. 

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On the morning of December 13, the
exhibition The Art of Water opened at 

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the Hanoi Creative Activities Coordination Center, Hanoi Museum, 

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bringing a new experience when
traditional water dancing is expanded with AR technology. 

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Viewers use phones or tablets, AR blood
scans placed in each display area 

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to activate 3D images, 

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move the dummy into the aquarium stage
setting, thereby directly observing and 

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interacting with the water dummy dance
in a more visual and vivid way. 

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The art is connected to this country
without necessarily having to 

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go to the stage. 

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Because not everyone has the opportunity
and also has the conditions to directly 

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participate in a water matchmaking session. 

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We have chosen the AR technology form 

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Well because in the process of learning
we found that AR is a very good technology 

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When allowing users to just
use their smartphone 

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So people can directly scan the QR code
and the images, the artifacts that can 

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be shown directly on people's phones 

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And people can experience as well as
interact directly with it 

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through their tasks. 

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That doesn't take too much time and
effort or needs to be discarded too much 

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Vietnam has many diverse traditional art forms 

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And there are also many types that are
in the process of becoming blind. 

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Well, we also really hope that those
types of things can be 

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applied to new technologies 

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New forms to be able to spread to 

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For the first time experiencing water
puppetry in interactive space, many 

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young people could not hide their excitement. 

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Not only standing and watching from
afar, viewers can approach and observe 

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every detail of the puppet, every movement of the stick. 

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Have you seen those
traditional water deceptions? 

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then I see that people will
come to that theater to 

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I experienced the water monster.
Although it's very good but 

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the problem is that many young people 

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quite lazy at that stage. Then in
this development there will be a 

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that is the combination, integrating the
AR into it. When I experienced that 

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then you scan and you'll see it's
a video about the water monster 

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it appears and I feel that if it were
like that it would be very lively 

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very good and the kind of way I can
watch the country all the time, everywhere. 

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With water puppetry today, I think
foreigners will also understand a part 

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through the link that we have provided
through QR codes to be able to scan and 

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watch real videos. 

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That will spread Vietnam's cultural
heritage better and be more recognized. 

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organizing and exhibiting towards
bringing the water puppet season closer 

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to the public, especially young people. 

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The combination of traditional art and
technology helps heritage not be 

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confined to the stage space, 

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but can be approached in a vivid,
easy-to-understand and modern rhythm of life way.