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A wayang kulit performance accompanied by a gamelan orchestra, between 1862 and 1872. Wayang is the traditional puppet theatre of Indonesia. [6] [7] [8] It is an ancient form of storytelling known for its elaborate puppets and complex musical styles. [9]
Wayang kulit (the leather shadow puppet), Wayang klitik (the flat wooden puppet), Wayang golek (the three-dimensional wooden puppet), Wayang wong (the human-form wayang theatre) This article is a part of the series on
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]
In this wayang golek show, as with other wayang shows, plays and stories are played by a puppeteer. The difference is the language in the dialogue that is brought is Sundanese. The standard and the wayang golek are also the same as wayang kulit, for example in the Ramayana and Mahabharata stories. But the difference is in the character of the ...
'tree') [2] or kayonan in Bali, is a figure in the Indonesian theatrical performance of wayang e.g. wayang kulit, wayang klitik, wayang golek, and wayang beber. The gunungan is a conical or triangular structure (tapered peak) inspired by the shape of a mountain .
The Javanese dance drama associated with wayang's epic themes from the Ramayana and Mahabharata would have existed by then. Wayang wang was a performance in the style of wayang kulit (the shadow theatre of Central Java) wherein actors and actresses took the puppets' roles.
In wayang performances the dhalang generally provides a "warrior's voice" for Petruk, as opposed to the nasal voice used for his brothers. [1] He is married to Dewi Ambarawati, [4] whom he won the right to marry after defeating four other suitors in a vicious battle. Together they have a son, Lengkungkusuma. [4]
Wayang style is a style of puppetry influenced by the Indonesian wayang kulit, in which human figures and those that are supernatural are depicted as flat and very two-dimensional - hence the name wayang, meaning "shadow" [1]). This style was commonly used in East Java during the Majapahit Empire, which lasted from about 1293 AD to around 1500 AD.