Wayang Kulit / leather puppet (artistic culture of Indonesia)

Wayang Kulit (leather puppet ) is one of the culture in Indonesia, the wayang kulit are in Central Java and Yogyakarta. wayang kulit is an art that tells the story of the ancient Hindu cultural absorption. wayang kulit - played by a puppeteer and in accompanied by gamelan music. There is also a singer who called sinden. sinden is a singer who sings songs of Java. wayang kulit performances are usually on at night.

shadow puppets are made with cow leather raw materials that have been dried and then the chisel into the forms of puppets. people who play called wayang kulit puppet masters, and people who play gamelan music called Yogo. shadow puppets played one night long. medium leather puppet show using a white cloth on the spread and irradiate with light rays for puppets-puppets can tersinari and can be a shadow from behind the cloth, because people who see the shadow puppets from behind the screen. There are many wayang kulit figures, such as Semar, Petruk, Gareng, Dasamuka, Arjuna, Anoman and others. There are many titles wayang kulit performances, one of which is Anoman Obong.