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Featuring theatrical
puppet by our artist in Java.
Wayang is a traditional
puppetry and drama of Indonesia. It has been loved by the people of Indonesia
for centuries, since prehistoric to the present day. In the 9th and 10th
centuries wayang was used as a media to perform the epics Ramayana and
Mahabharata. It is a special form of art, very noble and very beautiful.
Scholars have referred to wayang as the most sophisticated form of drama in the
world. It has the functions of entertainment as well as moral guidance, and is a
combination of philosophy and education, performance and musical, thematic and
literacy, conceptual and creative arts.
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Wayang golek are
wooden doll puppets that are operated from below by rods connected to the hands
and a central control rod that runs through the body to the head. Some of the
oldest traditions of wayang golek are from the north coast of Java and are still
widely performed. In the 18th century the tradition moved into the mountains of
West Java where it eventually was used to tell stories of the Ramayana and the
Mahabarata in a tradtion now called wayang golek purwa. Wayang golek purwa has
become the most popular form of wayang golek today.
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