Artist Tran Duoc runs a free string puppetry class for children every Sunday in HCM City. - VNS/ANN HO CHI MINH CITY: Every Sunday a small room in an apartment building in Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City ...

The head is carved from wood. Mechanisms in the hollow head move the eyes and mouth. The main rod, made either of wood or bamboo, runs through the neck to the head, and the length varies. The hand ...

But last year Sims broke up with his fine band of Boot Marionetteers, leaving them with a bunch of unperformable puppet masterpieces, and Sims with the need to start a new troupe as good as his last.