DP Theatre - Research Presentation (first assessment 2024): Wayang kulit shadow puppetry, Indonesia, Malaysia

Topic overview. Wayang kulit, also known as wayang purwa ("shadow play"), is a type of puppet theater that is indigenous primarily to Java, the most populous island of Indonesia, but that flourishes also on the Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombok and in the state of Kelantan on the Malay Peninsula. Wayang kulit is performed by a sacral puppeteer (dalang), who, accompanied by the percussive yet flowing music of the gamelan orchestra, moves intricately crafted leather figures in front of an oil lamp to cast flickering shadows on a white screen as he chants mythological narrative in old sanskritized Javanese or other languages.Author: James L. Peacock. Encyclopedia of Religion, edited by Lindsay Jones, 2nd ed., vol. 4, Macmillan Reference USA, 2005, pp. 2452-2453. Gale eBooks.

Topic overview. Extensive discussion of the theater forms in Southeast Asia, including wayang kulit (leather shadow-puppet theater), still popular in the Javanese-speaking area of the island of Java. Includes list of sources for further reading.Author: Dallas L. McCurley. Encyclopedia of Modern Asia, edited by Karen Christensen and David Levinson, vol. 2, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002, pp. 292-297. Gale eBooks.

Detailed information on Wayang kulit shadow theatre, accompanied by photographs and links to videos. Includes information on its origins, story material, the structure and symbolism of the play, the dalang (the puppeteer), the puppets, watching Wayang Kulit, and forms of Wayang Kulit. c2018. Presented by the Theatre Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki.

On March 16, 2012, Asia Society presented a Wayang Kulit,performance by Ki Purbo Asmoro. This article has information about Wayang Kulit, along with links to video of the performance.