On Sunday, April 23, Buffalo’s Nusantara Arts will treat us to a spectacular Sunday afternoon of Javanese shadow puppetry unlike anything that we could have possibly imagined. These Javanese Wayang ...

The show – Shadow Puppets of Java – will encompass two distinct performances, with two different storylines: “Rajamala and the lake of Watari” on Friday ...

Shadow puppetry in Indonesia is known as wayang kulit has a rich tradtion in Bali and Java. Modern interpretations and social messages help keep the art form current and interesting ...

Asian shadow puppets are traditionally flat, cut-out figures that are attached to and controlled by sticks (or thin rods). In the exhibition, ... (1974) from Java, ...

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia — On the second Saturday evening of the month, hundreds of people gather here, as they have for centuries across Java, to watch an all-night shadow-puppet show.The ...

Javanese wayang kulit, or traditional shadow puppet theater, is one of the world’s great theatrical traditions. The three-hour performance will include an informal atmosphere allowing audiences to ...

Episode 83 - Shadow puppet of Bima. Shadow puppet of the character Bima (made seventeenth or eighteenth century), from Java. When the young Barack Obama was taken to Java to live with his new ...

Episode 83 - Shadow puppet of Bima. Shadow puppet of the character Bima (made seventeenth or eighteenth century), from Java. When the young Barack Obama was taken to Java to live with his new ...

Indonesia's shadow puppets are intricate and delicate, and often take days to make. The popular souvenirs can fetch almost $200 each, but over the years the number of craftsmen able to make the ...

But the rich traditions of puppetry in Indonesia, especially shadow puppets in Java, Lombok and Bali, drew him to the island to create his latest performance which he co-directs with Balinese ...

Indonesia's shadow puppets are intricate and delicate, and often take days to make. The popular souvenirs can fetch almost $200 each, but over the years the number of craftsmen able to make the ...