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    This document discusses Wayang Kulit, a form of shadow puppet theater from Indonesia. It describes how Wayang Kulit performances involve a puppeteer called a dalang manipulating leather puppets backlit by oil lamps to tell stories accompanied by a gamelan orchestra. The dalang voices all the characters and sings mood songs called suluk between scenes. Wayang Kulit was traditionally performed in royal courts and remains an important part of Indonesian cultural heritage.

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    This document discusses Wayang Kulit, a form of shadow puppet theater from Indonesia. It describes how Wayang Kulit performances involve a puppeteer called a dalang manipulating leather puppets backlit by oil lamps to tell stories accompanied by a gamelan orchestra. The dalang voices all the characters and sings mood songs called suluk between scenes. Wayang Kulit was traditionally performed in royal courts and remains an important part of Indonesian cultural heritage.

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    Indonesian Theater: Music

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    MUSIC

    Musical Theater and Festivals of Asia

    INDONESIAN
    THEATER
    MRS. NANIE FE M. VILLEJO
    Alviola Village Integrated Secondary School
    Butuan City
    Indonesian
    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


    Indonesian continuous traditions of storytelling in
    Theater 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 PERFORMANCE
    • The audience is the most 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
    Wayang good character, on the left hand side, the
    Kulit bad.
    • The open space between them, about 2
    meters wide, represents the stage.
    The
    DALANG
    DALANG
    • is the puppeteer
    • is characterized by his being
    creative, humorous, and flexible
    • manipulates the puppets, sings,
    Wayang and taps out signals to the
    Kulit
    orchestra
    • speaks the parts of all the
    characters
    The use of 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

    Wayang
    Kulit • is comprised mainly by bronze
    percussion instruments augmented by
    other percussion instruments, strings,
    and a flute.
    GAMELAN Ensemble
    1. Saron – xylophone of heavy
    bronze bars

    Wayang
    Kulit
    GAMELAN Ensemble
    2. Gender – bronze
    xylophone with
    resonance
    chambers
    Wayang beneath
    Kulit
    GAMELAN Ensemble
    3. Bonang – set of bronze bowls

    Wayang
    Kulit
    GAMELAN Ensemble
    4. Gong and Kempul – hanging gongs

    Wayang
    Kulit
    GAMELAN Ensemble
    5. Kenong and Ketuk – single
    inverted bronze bowl

    Wayang
    Kulit
    GAMELAN Ensemble
    6. Gambang – wooden xylophone

    Wayang
    Kulit
    GAMELAN Ensemble
    7. Rebab – two-stringed fiddle

    Wayang
    Kulit
    GAMELAN Ensemble
    8. Suling – flute

    Wayang
    Kulit
    GAMELAN Ensemble
    9. Kendang – horizontal drum beat
    with the fingers on both ends

    Wayang
    Kulit
    GAMELAN Ensemble
    10.Tjelempung – a zither of thirteen
    double strings

    Wayang
    Kulit
    SULUK
    SULUK
    • The dalang sings the mood songs
    (suluk) at regular intervals during
    performance.
    • Suluk are never accompanied by
    Wayang the full gamelan ensemble.
    Kulit
    • Often a single instrument
    accompanies the singer, never
    more than three or four.
    How to make
    Wayang Kulit?
    Wayang
    Kulit
    MUSIC
    Musical Theater and Festivals of Asia

    THANKS! GROUP III


    CHRIS JUSTIN ARANAS
    JOSH JACOB DUNCANO
    CHEIREZEL BARCELONA
    BJANE RECULLO
    JULIAN PEPITO
    VIII - PEARL
    AVISS, Butuan City

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