INDONESIA PUPPETS

Wayang is the indonesian puppet theatre believed to have originated from Java. The main kinds of plays are called Wayang Golek and Wayang Kulit.
Wayang Golek are painted wooden puppets dressed in batik sarongs operated through rods from below whose arms and head can be moved. Night performances are common in the north coast of Java and West Java. On the other hand Wayang Kulit or Shadow puppets are made of carved leather and are popular in Central Java and Bali.

With Javanese gamelan music playing in the background Wayang Kulit and Wayang Golek are both manipulated by the dalang or puppet master. He’s in charge of giving the puppets movement and voice according to the different characters.
Before Hinduism came to Indonesia traditional stories were already played. Later the narratives were adapted to suit the Hindu and Muslim religions as they arrived to the islands.

Adventures taken from the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics have been played to great extent, one of the favorites being the episode where Prince Rama rescues his wife Sita from evil Rahwana with the help of Hanoman the monkey King.
Depending on the degree of refinement of each one of the puppets there’s a change in expression, posture and size of different body parts. The skill needed to elaborate the puppets has been handed down through generations where each member of the family is assigned a different piece of the puppet.

Source: http://artfromindonesia.com

http://artfromindonesia.com/wayang/wayang-rama.htm

List of Vocabularies:

1.Puppet( noun)          : boneka (wayang)

2.Carve(verb)              : Memotong

3. Painted(verb)          : di hiasi

4. Wooden(Adjtv)      : Berbahan kayu

5. Manipulate(verb)     : Memakai  

6. Suit (noun)              : stelan

7. Epic(noun)              : Syair kepahlawanan

8. Different(adjtv)      : berbeda

9. Adventure(noun)    : petualangan

10. refinement(noun)  : kehalusan  budi bahasa

Exercise:

Answer by choosing (T) if the answer is true, and choose (F) if the answer is false.

1.      ..........Wayang is the indonesian puppet theatre believed to have originated from Bali.

2.      ..........Wayang Golek are painted wooden puppets dressed in batik sarongs.

3.      .......... Shadow puppets are made of carved wood.

4.      .......... Wayang Kulit and Wayang Golek are both manipulated by the dalang or puppet   

master

5.      ..........the puppets movements were charged by people.