On Saturday, Asia Society welcomed puppet master Ki Midiyanto and the Gamelan Kusuma Laras orchestra for an entertaining evening of traditional Javanese shadow puppetry. The unique theater form is a ...
Her work bridges the traditional and the contemporary, ensuring that Wayang Kulit resonates with modern audiences while ...
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 ...
After the character Venom is batik-fied, his story is brought to life in Wayang Kulit. READ MORE: Malaysian Illustrator Arif ...
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.