Term puppet also has many meanings. Puppet sometimes interpreted as an imitation of people, animate, and other objects made of carved animal skins, wood, paper, and other objects. Copies can be used to portray the characters in traditional drama played by a puppeteer (dalang). There are many types of puppets from wayang beber, wayang gedhog, wayang golek, wayang keling, wayang klitik, wayang kulit, wayang mbeling, wayang kancil, wayang wong etc.
Especially
for wayang kulit, the source of the story comes from the Books of the
Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Both books come from India, but when he
came upon the Island of Java Indonesia, there was Several stories have domestifikasi. Adapted to the situation and environmental conditions of Java. As one of the top aesthetic Java, wayang is right when promoted as a valuable work of art (master piece) the promotion of Indonesia in Indonesia Java International Destination.
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Posted by: Sspants | 12/29/2010 at 02:47 AM