Archive for January, 2010
Puppet known since prehistoric times to about 1500 years before Christ. Indonesian society embracing animist beliefs in the form of ancestor worship called spirit or dahyang hyang, manifested in the form of statues or pictures.
Wayang is the Indonesian traditional arts are mainly developed in Java and Bali. Puppet show has been recognized by UNESCO on November 7, 2003, as an admirable work in the field of culture and heritage narrative story is beautiful and very valuable (Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity).
There puppet version played by the people by wearing unique costumes, known as ‘dalang‘, and there is also a form of collection of teddy puppet played by him. This dalang played such a puppet show or wayang kulit. The story is told in the leather puppet show usually originates from the Mahabharata and Ramayana.
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