Wayang Kulit, an Indonesian form of shadow puppetry, holds the audience’s attention with riveting storylines executed masterfully by the dhalang, or puppeteer. The puppets are made of buffalo hide and ...

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 ...

MALAYSIA Traditionally known as Wayang Kulit Melayu or Wayang Kulit Kelantan. The puppets are less complex than their Indonesian counterparts, often featuring simpler designs with less articulated ...

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.

On Saturday, Asia Society welcomed puppet master Ki Midiyanto and the Gamelan Kusuma Laras orchestra for an entertaining evening of traditional Javanese shadow puppetry. The unique theater form is a ...

“Wayang kulit”, a theatrical art form once popular ... So, with this animatronic shadow puppet show, it will be a new phenomenon for these youths,” he said at a performance at a mall in ...

Throughout his practice, he combines diverse source material such as wayang kulit (shadow puppets), Western pop culture, and socio-political issues in paintings and installations. Born on June 12, ...

Puppets are held up in front of a light ... Wayang klitik or golèk - made from wood and three-dimensional Wayang kulit - made from leather and two-dimensional Typically, the good characters ...