Wayang is a part of Indonesian culture. Other than wayang kulit, one of the more popular ones are wayang golek and wayang orang. I would like to talk more about wayang kulit.
The concept is similar with Andrea's shadow puppet. Each puppet has moving parts and meticulously decorated. However, the material is not paper. It is made of very thin almost transparent leather. Buffalo horn is used for the stick.
Commercial made wayang kulit I've seen are usually colored. Every wayang has its own character. Say like Arjuna is depicted as handsome and has good characters. The puppeteer is called Dalang.
To learn more about Wayang characters, you can visit wikipedia.
1 comment:
Bigib
What great photos! Beautiful.
The best place I know for an explanation of wayang and photos is Murni's web site - www.murnis.com - in the on line shop you can buy many wonderful examples very cheaply.
Well worth a visit.
John
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