The Javanese shadow puppet has lots of human character. But there are not only human in the story. There are some other race character. Listed from the animals, half humans, giants and gods. In all of that race, they have both male and female character.
The animal for example, there are some common animal character that [...]
Written on March 23, 2008 | Posted in
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In the original Javanese shadow puppet, always supported by traditional musical orchestra that played by a number of people. They called niyaga and waranggana. They play traditional musical instrument. This is the name of that instrument, categorized by it’s type:
Written on March 21, 2008 | Posted in
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The word Sri, in Javanese language means: all that pleased and eye catching. While Katon is means: visible. This is one of the song that plays in the opening of Javanesse shadow puppet theater. This song means a time when anger and lust has come into ones mind, all the goods things will gone. There’s [...]
Written on March 20, 2008 | Posted in
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