Wayang

Wayang is one of traditional arts in Indonesia. In English, “Pementasan wayang” is called puppets show. Usually, puppets show in Indonesia consists of the puppets itself, the performer, and the music. In my city, east java, the puppets were made from leather and every puppet has its own characteristic at the show. Dalang, the performer of puppet show, performs a story of the puppets behind a screen, so the audiences just see the shadow of the puppets. For the sounds –as background music-, puppet show usually has a group of music that performs Javanese music –which use traditional music instruments from Java, like gamelan- and sinden as the singer.