Muhammad Dain, 73, a 13th-generation Tok Dalang (puppet master) of traditional Kelantanese Malay wayang kulit, said shifting ...

One of my favourite Muzium Negara exhibits as a child was the flat-as-pancakes wayang kulit puppets depicting dramatic characters. Watching the puppeteer bring each of them to life, flying across ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Wayang merupakan seni pertunjukkan rakyat yang dimainkan ... merupakan sebuah senjata dalam dunia pewayangan yang dimiliki oleh Prabu Puntadewa (Yudistira), tertua para Pandawa.

A total of 144 artworks, including wayang kulit (shadow puppets) instruments, paintings, sculptures, and new media are now on display at the Bank Negara Malaysia Museum and Art Gallery’s (BNM MAG).

The wayang kulit shadow puppets of Indonesia are such an important cultural and artistic legacy that UNESCO designated the tradition as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

“Wayang kulit”, a theatrical art form once popular across Southeast Asia, particularly in Malaysia and Indonesia, is traditionally performed with figurines crafted from buffalo skin, whose ...