Wayang Kulit, an Indonesian form of shadow puppetry, holds the audience’s attention with riveting storylines executed masterfully by the dhalang, or puppeteer. The puppets are made of buffalo hide and ...

The project is a follow-up to the proclamation of the Wayang Puppet Theatre of Indonesia as UNESCO Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2003. The series are composed of 26 ...

For years, Buffalo’s own Nusantara Arts has been curating exceptional Indonesian shadow puppet and Javanese dance performances, set to traditional gamelan music. Leave your traditional idea of ...

One of Indonesia's most provocative, cutting-edge artists, Eko Nugroho brought a unique mix of traditional theater elements and modern live theater during three separate performances at Asia Society ...

These two VCD constitute the sixth and last part of the series of audio-visual learning materials (Materi ajar pandang-dengar) on Wayang puppet theatre. The series, composed of 26 VCD ((available here ...

And it's a story that can - almost - be summed up by a puppet, and by the ancient Indonesian art of shadow theatre "Shadow puppets veer dangerously close to idolatry. It's a very, very ...

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.

Malaysian college lecturer Ahnaf Hakimi Ahmad hopes to save the ancient tradition of shadow puppetry using 3D-printed ... particularly in Malaysia and Indonesia, is traditionally performed with ...

Heri Dono is a contemporary Indonesian artist known for his inventive mélange of traditional folk art with contemporary imagery. Throughout his practice, he combines diverse source material such as ...