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1. Although tourist shops now sell imitations of wayang golek puppets, the puppets illustrated on these pages were actually used for many years in theater productions--in presentations of Hindu epics, Javanese history plays and the Islamic Menak cycles. These performances were given in towns and villages on holidays and for a variety of festivals.

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2. Indonesia's wayang golek puppet theatre is among the world's oldest and richest puppetry traditions, contemporary with Japanese Noh drama and the mystery plays of Europe. Hardcover with jacket, contents 'as new', jacket excellent. by inches.

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3. Jun 21,  · A short educational film, taken from the archives of the Asian Music Circuit's Museum of Asian Music. Wayang is a Javanese word for theatre (literally "shadow"). When the term is .

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4. Wayang, also known as wajang, is a traditional form of puppet theatre play originally found in the cultures of Java, Indonesia. The traditional form of puppet theatre art found in Indonesia and other parts of Southeast Asia, wherein a dramatic story is told through shadows thrown by puppets and sometimes combined with human characters. The art form celebrates Indonesian culture and artistic.

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5. Aug 29,  · Pagelaran Wayang Golek Full Video. Sign in to like videos, comment, and subscribe.

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6. A few these are: Wayang Kulit or Shadow Puppet Play, Wayang Wong or Wayang Orang which uses actors instead of the Puppets, Wayang Kelitik which uses flat wooden Puppets and Wayang Beber a type which uses Scrolls to narrate the stories. Wayang Golek refers to the three dimensional wooden rod Puppets and is most prevalent in Sunda or West-Java.

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7. Jun 16,  · Wayang Golek performance is one of Sundanese traditional art. This clip show the character "Cepot" dance pencak silat. 50+ videos Play all Mix - Wayang Golek 1 YouTube; Album .

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8. Shadow plays were used by sultans to flatter themselves and their retinues, to glorify and perpetuate the feudalistic court rituals of Javanese royalty. Wayang, by reinforcing the class system, kept the masses in their place.

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