Renowned for its elaborate puppets and complex musical styles, this ancient form of storytelling originated on the Indonesian island of Java. For ten centuries wayang flourished at the royal courts of ...

These series of audio-visual learning materials (Materi ajar pandang-dengar) on Wayang puppet theatre were produced by SENA WANGI (Indonesian National Wayang Secretariat) and PEPADI (Indonesian ...

In modern daily Javanese and Indonesian vocabulary, wayang can refer to the puppet itself or the whole puppet theatre performance. While kulit means skin or leather, the material from which the fi ...

The wayang kulit shadow puppets of Indonesia are such an important cultural and artistic legacy that UNESCO designated the tradition as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

but a sold out audience at Asia Society New York Friday night got a big surprise when he made an appearance as a puppet. Obama's cameo came during a performance of the ancient Javanese art of wayang ...

What: Shadow Puppets of Java – Indonesian Wayang Kulit, Dance, and “Gamelan” music shows All questions related to performance accessibility or inquiries related to special needs for our ...

A traditional form of puppet theatre, wayang has its roots in the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali, although it has since spread across the nation’s other islands. Puppets are held up in ...

Spirit of Nature’ is a contemporary shadow-puppet drama - a fusion of sounds, forms, light and movement inherent in the world-renowned ancient art of Indonesian Wayang Kulit (shadow puppetry) created ...

Heri Dono is a contemporary Indonesian artist known for his inventive mélange of traditional folk art with contemporary imagery. Throughout his practice, he combines diverse source material such as ...

One of my favourite Muzium Negara exhibits as a child was the flat-as-pancakes wayang kulit puppets depicting dramatic characters. Watching the puppeteer bring each of them to life, flying across ...

In Indonesia, there’s Wayang Kulit Purwa taht often depicts Javenes Hindu epics, while Thailand’s Nang Talung and Nang Yai emphasise the intricate puppet designs and Buddhist narratives.