wayang
thumb| performance by the famous Indonesian (puppet master) Manteb Soedharsono, with the story "Gathutkaca Winisuda", in [[Bentara Budaya Jakarta, Indonesia, on 31 July 2010]]
Key facts
- Performing art.name
- Wayang
- Performing art.image
- 257px
- Performing art.types
- Traditional puppet theatre
- Performing art.ancestor
- Javanese people
- Performing art.culture
- Indonesia
- Performing art.era
- Hindu - Buddhist civilisations
- Intangible heritage.ICH
- Wayang puppet theatre
- Intangible heritage.State Party
- Indonesia
- Intangible heritage.ID
- 00063
- Intangible heritage.Region
- APA
- Intangible heritage.Year
- 2008
- Intangible heritage.Session
- 3rd
Article
29 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Origin in India
- Records
- Art form
- ''Wayang kulit''
- ''Wayang golek''
- ''Wayang klitik''
- ''Wayang beber''
- ''Wayang wong''
- ''Wayang topeng''
- Stories
- ''Wayang purwa''
- ''Wayang panji''
- ''Wayang Menak''
- ''Wayang kancil''
- Contemporary retellings
- Artist
- Dalang
- ''Sindhen''
- ''Wiyaga''
- Legacy
- UNESCO designation
- Wayang Museum
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb| performance by the famous Indonesian (puppet master) Manteb Soedharsono, with the story "Gathutkaca Winisuda", in [[Bentara Budaya Jakarta, Indonesia, on 31 July 2010]]
'''' ( , ) is a traditional Javanese form of puppet theatre. The term refers both to the show as a whole and the puppet in particular. Performances of wayang puppet theatre are accompanied by a gamelan orchestra in Java, and by gender wayang in Bali. The dramatic stories depict mythologies, such as episodes from the Hindu epics the Ramayana and the Mahabharata'', as well as local adaptations of cultural legends. Traditionally, a is played out in a ritualized midnight-to-dawn show by a , an artist and spiritual leader; people watch the show from both sides of the screen.