4th Grading
Lesson 1
Wayang kulit
- Wayang, also known as wajang (Javanese: ꦮꦪꦁ, romanized: wayang)
- Originally from the Indonesian island of Java, puppet theater is a traditional form of entertainment.
- Wayang alludes to the complete dramatic performance. In Java and Bali, performances of wayang puppet theater include accompaniment by gamelan orchestras, while the leather puppet itself is occasionally referred to as wayang.
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Essential Questions:
1. How is music used in a theatrical performance?
2. What is a shadow play presentation?
Indonesia is the home of a very significant form of classical theater, the wayang plays. The most famous wayang is the Wayang Kulit.
The Wayang Kulit (wayang - play, shadow, ghost or puppet; kulit -
leather or skin) is a shadow play with two-dimensional leather puppets. The
Wayang Kulit plays originated from two epic stories, the Ramayana and the
Mahabharata. This is presented through the use of a rectangular, wide and long piece of cloth enough to serve as a screen. This is mounted in the
center of two long rows of banana trunks. The dalang, the puppets, the
lights, and the gamelan orchestra, placed at the back of the cloth, complete
the elements of the Wayang Kulit.
✓ Puppets
The two-dimensional puppets are certainly the highlights during a wayang kulit performance. Each puppet is a unique Indonesian artwork.
✓Dalang
The dalang, the manipulatornarrator, sits cross-legged at the back of a screen or cloth (kelir). Behind him are the gamelan musicians who accompany the performance throughout. The dalang gives the movement and voice to the puppets which correspond to the actors, and also provides signal to the orchestra who accompanies the play. .Without the dalang, there is no Wayang Kulit performance.
Did you know that..
Carillo is a Philippine shadow puppet play that survived during the early part of the Spanish period. This uses cardboard figures for projecting shadows.
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