Wayang In indonesia

Wayang

Javanese wayang kulit (shadow puppet) performance by a famous Indonesian dalang(puppet master) Ki Manteb Sudharsono, is usually a whole night long.

Wayang (Krama Javanese: ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀ Ringgit) is a Javanese word for a theatrical performance with puppets or human dancers. When the term is used to refer to kinds of puppet theatre, sometimes the puppet itself is referred to aswayang. Performances of shadow puppet theatre are accompanied by agamelan orchestra in Java, and bygender wayang in Bali.

UNESCO designated wayang kulit, a shadow puppet theatre and the best known of the Indonesian wayang, as aMasterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity on 7 November 2003. In return for the acknowledgment, UNESCO required Indonesians to preserve their heritage.^[1]

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