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The two-day cultural festival with South-East Asian flavour held in Kuala Lumpur recently was part of the unique promotional ...
This is the third part and is dedicated to shadow puppets performance. This part contains the following 12 VCD: - Wayang Kulit Cirebon Laras, 2 discs - Wayang Kulit Cirebon Laras Pelog, 2 discs ...
Following is everything that you need to know about this magical afternoon that will be a whimsical look into the world of Indonesian shadow puppetry. Wayang Kulit performances are traditional and ...
Muhammad Dain, 73, a 13th-generation Tok Dalang (puppet master) of traditional Kelantanese Malay wayang kulit, said shifting ...
Wayang Kulit performances are traditional and wildly popular multi-genre performances from Indonesia. They combine virtuosic shadow puppetry, enrapturing gamelan music, comedy, philosophy ...
and the flat leather shadow puppet (wayang kulit) projected in front of a screen lit from behind. Both types are characterized by costumes, facial features and articulated body parts. There's also a ...
A puppeteer performs Wayang kulit at Yogyakarta Palace complex in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 9, 2025. JAKARTA, April 13 (Xinhua) -- For centuries, the emerald ...
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.
Before the advent of modern cinema and television, Malaysians – especially those living on the East Coast – had long been accustomed to the art of wayang kulit, (shadow puppets) in their villages.
Malaysian college lecturer Ahnaf Hakimi Ahmad hopes to save the ancient tradition of shadow puppetry using 3D-printed figures controlled by robotics instead of people. “Wayang kulit”, a ...