wayang

(noun)

An Indonesian puppet or shadow puppet, or the theater of such puppetry.

Related Terms

  • silat
  • gamelan

Examples of wayang in the following topics:

  • The Java Culture

    • Classic arts of Java include wayang puppet shows, gamelan music, and the martial art silat.
    • Wayang is a Javanese word for a theatrical performance with puppets or human dancers.
    • The term wayang is the Javanese word for shadow; in modern daily Javanese and Indonesian vocabulary, wayang is most often associated with the puppet itself or the whole puppet theatre performance.
    • Wayang kulit, or shadow puppets, are without a doubt the best known of the Indonesian wayang.
    • Describe the Wayang puppet shows, gamelan music, and silat martial art of Java.
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