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2. Wayang kulit - Wikipedia

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   In a wayang kulit performance, the puppet figures are rear-projected on a taut linen screen with a coconut oil (or electric) light. The dalang (shadow artist) manipulates carved leather figures between the lamp and the screen to bring the shadows to life. The narratives of wayang kulit often have to do with the major theme of good vs. evil.

3. Bambangan Cakil - Wikipedia

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   Bambangan Cakil (Javanese: ꧋ꦧꦩ꧀ꦧꦔꦤ꧀ꦕꦏꦶꦭ꧀) is a classical dance-drama [1] of the Javanese people in—particularly—Central Java, Indonesia. [2] This dance-drama demonstrates wayang performance due to the movement is adopted from one of the scenes in wayang kulit performance, that is the Perang Kembang scene. [3]

4. Wayang - Wikipedia

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   A wayang kulit (leather shadow puppet) performance using kelir (thin fabric) as a border between the puppeteer (dalang) who plays the puppets and the audience. Historically, the performance consisted of shadows cast by an oil lamp onto a cotton screen.

5. Shadow play - Wikipedia

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   Wayang kulit, a style of wayang shadow play, is particularly popular in Java and Bali. The term derived from the word wayang literally means "shadow" or "imagination" in Javanese; it also connotes "spirit". The word kulit means "skin", as the material from which the puppet is made is thin perforated leather sheets made from buffalo skin.

6. Hikayat Seri Rama - Wikipedia

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   The wayang kulit (shadow theatre) adaptation, called Hikayat Maharaja Wana, was one of the most important shadow-plays. Puppeteers would pick the most exciting episodes for their shows, particularly the scenes relating to the marriage of Seri Rama , the abduction of Siti Dewi ( Sita ), the final battles in Langkapuri (Sri Lanka), and the ...

7. Panji tales - Wikipedia

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   The Panji tales are a cycle of Javanese stories, centred around the legendary prince of the same name (actually a title) from East Java, Indonesia.Along with the Ramayana and Mahabharata, the tales are the basis of various poems, sculpture and painting, dance-drama performances and genres of wayang (shadow puppetry), especially the one known in East and Central Java as wayang gedhog (the ...

8. Theatre of Indonesia - Wikipedia

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   Wayang wong, also known as wayang orang (literally "human wayang"), is a type of classical Javanese dance theatrical performance with themes taken from episodes of the Ramayana or Mahabharata. The bas relief panels on the 9th-century of Prambanan temple show episodes of the Ramayana epic.

9. Dalang (puppeteer) - Wikipedia

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   The wayang kulit performance by the Indonesian notable dalang (puppet master) Manteb Soedharsono, with the story "Gathutkaca Winisuda", in Bentara Budaya Jakarta, to commemorate the anniversary of the Kompas daily. The dhalang or dalang (Javanese: ꦝꦭꦁ, romanized: dhalang; [1] Indonesian: dalang) is the puppeteer in an Indonesian wayang ...