The performance are accompanied

with figures female singer (sinden).

The musicians sit behind the

dalang in a gamelan orchestra
setting.

Gamelan players responded to the

direction of the dalang.
 The puppet figures are rear-
projected on a taut linen screen
with a coconut-oil (or electric)
light.

Wayang kulit is one of the many

different forms of wayang theatre

Wayang is a Javanese word for a theatrical performance with puppets or human dancers.
When the term is used to refer to kinds of puppet theatre, sometimes the puppet itself is
referred to as wayang. Performances of shadow puppet theatre are accompanied by a gamelan
orchestra in Java, and by gender wayang in Bali.