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Water puppetry

puppetry tradition from 11th century Red River Delta area of northern Vietnam, in which wooden lacquered puppets, supported by a bamboo rod, are moved around by puppeteers hidden behind a screen, appearing move over the water
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Water puppetry

Summary

Water puppetry ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (107 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Water puppetry's image is recorded as Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre2.JPG[2].
  • Water puppetry's image is recorded as Puppettheatre.JPG[3].
  • Water puppetry's subclass of is recorded as puppetry[4].
  • Water puppetry's subclass of is recorded as theatre of Vietnam[5].
  • Water puppetry's Commons category is recorded as Water puppetry[6].
  • Water puppetry's country of origin is recorded as Vietnam[7].
  • +1100-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Water puppetry[8].
  • Water puppetry's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02sqvp[9].
  • Water puppetry's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph856096[10].
  • Water puppetry's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/mua-roi-nuoc[11].
  • Water puppetry's World Encyclopedia of Puppetry Arts ID is recorded as water-puppets[12].

Why It Matters

Water puppetry ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (107 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

Related Entities

Vietnam

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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