puppeteers support control puppets creating appearance puppets moving water origin form puppetry dates back seven hundred years rice fields would flood villagers would entertain puppet show competitions vietnamese villages eventually led creation secretive exclusive puppet societies philippines first developed art puppetry spanish colonial period oldest known filipino puppetry ''carrillo'' also known ''kikimut'' ''titire'' ''potei'' first recorded involves small carts used puppet plays
Humanities Performing arts Theatre Puppetry