~WAYANG KULIT~

Wayang Kulit

· Wayang kulit is a traditional theatre form that brings together the playfulness of a puppet show, and the elusive quality and charming simplicity of a shadow play.

· The flat two-dimensional puppets are intricately carved, then painted by hand.It is either made of cow or buffalo hide.

· Each puppet, a stylised exaggeration of the human shape, is given a distinctive appearance and not unlike its string puppet cousins, has jointed "arms".

· Conducted by a singular master storyteller called Tok Dalang, wayang kulit usually dramatises ancient Indian epics.

~HOW THE WAYANG KULIT PLAYING~