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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 (KUNA) -- The art of Shadow Theater, or Wayang Kuilt as it is locally known in Malaysia, is a form of storytelling that was once quite popular with the local community as ...

The cast of Titoudao as the siblings of wayang actress Oon Ah Chiam (Tan Rui Shan, top). PHOTO: POH YU KHING. The script has also been updated for this staging.

Feature by Abdulla Bugis. KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 (KUNA) -- The art of Shadow Theater, or Wayang Kuilt as it is locally known in Malaysia, is a form of storytelling that was once quite popular with the ...