INDONESIA

THEATER
Shadow Puppet Theater is a well known
Indonesian theater popular not only in
their own country but spread in several
countries around the world.
Wayang Kulit

(In Central Java) Is One Of The Oldest

Continuous Traditions Of Storytelling In
The World Which Includes The Use Of
Puppet Materials And Background
Musical Accompaniment To Make It
Interesting To The Audience.
WAYANG Is An Indonesian And
Malay
Word For “Theater”.
When The Term Is Used To Refer To
Kinds Of Puppet Theater, Sometimes
The Puppet Itself Is Referred To As
Wayang.
Kulit Means Skin And Refers To The
Leather Construction Of The Puppets That
Are Carefully- Cut Into A Very Fine Tools
And Supported With Carefully – Shaped
Buffalo Horn Handles And Control Rods.
THE PERFORMANCE
.The Audience Is The Important Person In A
Wayang Kulit Performance.
.The Dalang Prepares All The Materials Used
Like The Cloth And The Light For The
Shadow.
.The Puppet On The Right Side Signifies The
Good Character, On The Left Side, The Bad.
.The Open Space Between Them, About 2
Meters Wide, Represents The Stage.
 THE DALANG

Is The Puppeteer
.

.Is The Characterized By His Being Creative,

Humorous, And Flexible.
.Manipulates The Puppets, Sings, And Taps
Out Signal To The Orchestra.
.Speaks The Parts Of All The Character.
 The Voice Interchangeably Is The
Main Ability Of A Dalang To Give
More Life To A Different Character
The Dalang Is The Chief Performer Who
Told A Story To The Accompaniment Of
Gamelan Ensemble.
Wayang Kulit Was Performed In
Royal Court And Widely
Performed In Public On Religious
Occasions.
THE MUSIC:
Gamelan
 GAMELAN ENSEMBLE
Is Comprised Mainly By Bronze
Percussion Instruments Augmented
By Other Percussion Instruments,
Strings, And A Flute.
 GAMELAN ENSEMBLE

1.SARONG – XYLOPHONE OF HEAVY

BRONZE BARS.

2.GENDER – BRONZE XYLOPHONE WITH

RESONANCE CHAMBERS BENEATH
3.BONANG – Set Of Bronze

4.GONG AND KEMPUL – Hanging Gongs

5.Kenong and Ketuk – single inverted
bronze bowl

6.Gambang – wooden xylophone

7.REBAB – Two Stringed Fiddled

8.SULING - Flute
9.KENDANG – Horizontal Drum Beat Which The
Fingers On Both Ends

10.TJELEMPUNG – A Zither Of Thirteen Double

Strings
 SULUK
. The Dalang Sings The Mood Songs (Suluk) At
Regular Intervals During Performance.
. Suluk Are Never Accompanied By The Full
Gamelan Ensemble.
. Often A Single Instrument Accompanies The
Singer, Never More Than Three Or Four.
THANK YOU! 

PREPARED BY: VILLAGRACIA, LIDA A.