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WAYANG

GOLEK



• is the threedimensional rod-puppet theater ofWest-Java, an

Indonesianprovince knownas Sunda.



Wayang= PuppetsShadow

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operated from !elow !yrods connected to thehands and a centralcontrol rod that runsthrough the !ody to thehead. "he simple

construction of thepuppets !elies theirversatility, e#pressivenessand aptitude for imitatinghuman dance.



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(ittle is known a!out itshistory. "hey say it came from)hina then arrived at thenorth coast of Java in the *+th century, the pasisir region

• Pasisir is the name given to thenorthern coastal region of Java.nlike the agricultural kingdoms

of the hinterland, the pasisiraneconomy has !een !ased ontrade via the Java Sea and itscultural identity has !een shaped!y foreign contacts and thepresence of ra! Indonesiansand )hinese Indonesians.



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/ome to some of theoldest 0uslim kingdoms,Wayang &olek !ecamepopular !y tellingstories mir /am1a, thencle of 0uhammad

• "hey used the mediumto proselyti1e 0uslim2alues.

• In a local mos3ue inorder to enter, viewershad to recite the Islamicconfession of



• In the *8th century the tradition moved into the mountain Java where it eventually was used to tell stories of the %amand the 0aha!arata in a tradition now called wayang golewhich can !e found in 9andung, 9ogor and Jakarta.

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Wayang golek purwahas !ecome the mostpopular form ofwayang golek todayand the most famous

puppeteer family is theSunarya family whichhas produced severalgenerations of stellarperformers.



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"he )arver

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the !estauthorities onPuppets as theyrely on memory tocarve them

•)arving andassem!ly of theWayang &olekPuppets is often afamily a>air, with

di>erent mem!ers



• Softwoods are easier tocarve and lighter for the<alang hold and thereforeeasier to manipulate inperformances.

• :irst the head is carved. "hisprocess takes place instages, initially roughly andthen progressively using?ner instruments, knivesand sandpaper more ?nely

and in more detail.• "he head is the mostimportant part of the Puppetand the facial e#pression,the position of the head



• While the carving ofthe head has takenplace, the !odies andarms have !een

prepared to matchthe head.

• "he dressing of thePuppets comes ne#t.0ost Puppets aredressed in a

prescri!ed manner,though there seemsto !e great range indressing as well. "hisis particularly truewhen viewing the

9atik patterns. Some



• 0any Puppets havea sling on the !ackof their dress, weara kain, and have

the selendang orshawl, which isessential forperforming Puppetsof their type toperform dances and

other movements.lso, most Puppetsare decorated withse3uins and manyof them also wear

pendants.



• Whenconsidering facecolor, generally

speaking, re?nedcharacters havewhite faces,slightly moree#trovertedtypes may havepink or lesscommonlyorange faces,

coarser types



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Wayang &olekPurwa Puppetsare a!out ?fteento thirty inches

high. ;ach Puppetrepresents aspeci?c characterfrom the

%amayana and



%e?ned )haracters

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"hey move inslow, gliding motionsand speak in low,melodious voices. "heirlanguage is polite, andthe thoughts

they e#press arecomple#. %ama, thehero of theRamayana, and his wifeSita 4Sinta7C r@una,

the hero ofthe Mahabharata.



Semire?ned )haracters

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Semire?nedcharacters have whiteor pink faces, slightlymore upright heads,and small eyesthat ga1e straight

forward.• "hey move in 3uick!ut measured stepsand speak in high-pitched voices.



• While generallyre?ned, thesecharacters are a!it more direct than

the purely re?nedcharacters and moreinclinedtoward precipitousactions. Shikhandi

4Srikandi 7, a femalewarrior and a wife ofr@una inthe Mahabharata, ?tsthis character type as

does Brishna 4Kresna7,



• "he !odies of thesepuppets are larger thanthose of the previousgroups. "hese characters arethe worker !ees of thewayang world. If there is a

!attle to !e fought, a forestto !e cut, or a !ridge to !e!uilt, the strong charactersare ready.

• &hatotkacha 4Gatotkaca7,the nephew of r@una andthe protector of

Pringgandani kingdom in theMahabharata, is an e#ampleof this type of character./anuman 4anoman7, themonkey warrior of theRamayana



;motionally ncontrolled )haracters

• ;motionallyuncontrolled charactershave red or dark-colored faces,protruding eyes, andopen mouths withvisi!le fangs.

• "hey hold their headshighand have large!odies. "hey speak inpiercing voices with amusical lilt.



• "hese characters are the antagonists.<uhshasana 4!"rasasana7, who attempts to rape<raupadi in the Mahabharata, is an e#ample of thas is the demonic %avana 4Rawana7, who opposesthe Ramayana.



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those that do notfall into the othercategories. "heirvoices andcharacteristics must!e learnedindividually. "hereare perhaps ?fteencharacters in this

categoryC many of



• "he most important @ester isSemar, who has a white faceand a !lack !ody. /eis actually a high god who hasdescended to earth to helphumankind. /e is !othmale and female, and is !othfather and mother to his sons./e is always groaning a!outhow his sons do not payattention to the important

things that arehappening around them. /eloves them dearly !utreprimands them regularly./is voice is slow andsometimes whiny.



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• "oday ma@or wayang performers are known all o Java. "hey appear on television and radio, andcassettes of their performances are availa!le inWhile it is still true that most ma@or dalang aredescendants of the families of traditional perforin the twentieth century there !egan to !e perfwho were not trained !y their own elders. "he n

high school of the performing arts, Sekolah 0enBarawitan Indonesia 4S.0.B.I.7, and the collegeacademy of Javanese performing arts, Sekolah "Seni Indonesia 4S.".S.I.7, have recently openedprograms where puppetry can !e studied !y all



sources• 9randon, James. D*E+FG *EEH. On #hrones o$ #hree 'a(anese Shadow )%ays. )am!ridge,0assachusetts /arvard niversity PressC rep/onolulu, niversity of /awaii Press p. H.

• httpssites.google.comsitei!worldtheatrer

wayang• httpsen.wikipedia.orgwikiWayang

• httpwww.p!ase.comamo#tlia!outwayang

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