Living TRAVEL - INDONESIA

Java - Wayang Kulit, 2 dimensional shadow puppets
 
   

Behind the screen at the back is the main audience. Just in front of the screen is the puppet master with his vast array of puppets standing by for their turn in a long story. In the foreground are the members of the gamelan orchestra.
   

 
Close-up of the puppet master and shadow puppets in action.
    


The "giant" shadow puppet


Part of the gamelan.

   

Cutting out leather to make a shadow puppet.
   

Wayang Golek - 3 dimensional puppets
 
   

Looking from the "stage" side of the performance, the audience in the background

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