The puppets are made of buffalo hide and intricately designed, down to the most minute detail of costume and color, to help the audience distinguish between the different characters. In advance of ...

and the flat leather shadow puppet (wayang kulit) projected in front of a screen lit from behind. Both types are characterized by costumes, facial features and articulated body parts. The master ...

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.

This art form not only entertains but also serves as a vehicle for storytelling and cultural expression, drawing ... known as Wayang Kulit Melayu or Wayang Kulit Kelantan. The puppets are less ...

“Wayang kulit”, a theatrical art form once popular ... So, with this animatronic shadow puppet show, it will be a new phenomenon for these youths,” he said at a performance at a mall in ...