Even as a boy, he was already fond of wayang theater. Often he would go with his father to watch wayang performances. Coincidentally, his father also keeps a collection of wayang characters at his ...

Wayang Orang Bharata returns to its home theater on July 4 to perform Cupu Manik Astagina from the Ramayana, but without a physical audience. “We will reduce the number of [stage] crew and ...

For its final installment of the 2019 Spring Puppet Forum Series, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will host Wayang Puppet Theater of Indonesia ...

Musical overture begins 30 minutes before show time. A special one-hour Javanese wayang kulit for families and children.. Wayang kulit is the shadow-puppet theater of Indonesia.Wayang means "theater" ...

Wayang theatre has been practised in Indonesia for generations and is said to have originated from the Island of Java. The puppets are intricately designed and are often made from leather, ...

Eko Nugroho is one of Indonesia’s most provocative and original young artists whose style is a unique mix of Indonesia’s rich traditions and popular culture tinged with dark humor. Using a distinctive ...

Wayang kulit has not always had such a positive reception in Kelantan. In 1990, the Islamist Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, or PAS, was elected to the state government and outlawed wayang kulit ...

Wayang. A traditional form of puppet theatre, wayang has its roots in the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali, although it has since spread across the nation’s other islands.

1990’s Kuala Lumpur: Connie Cheng is a modern Malaysian-born Chinese woman, torn between the traditional values of her grandmother and her glamourous life as a late-night lounge singer. 2021 ...

Muslim scholar against 'wayang', Indonesia’s traditional theatre. by Mathias Hariyadi. According to Khalid Basalamah, it “should be destroyed”. But for Indonesians, ...

Arising from creative necessity amid the current restrictions, Wayang Orang Bharata's Sirnaning Pageblug (Vanquishing the Epidemic) has broken through the digital divide in traditional theater.