Javanese Wayang Masterpiece - Traditional Culture Vs Modern Culture

Java Island has many unique traditional stories, both modern and ancestor stories handed down a very interesting and depicted in various forms. as will be discussed in this post is the story of the traditional Javanese shadow puppets. Puppet itself has a variety of forms in accordance with the character of every puppet. The basic ingredients of the puppet itself is diverse, the wayang kulit Apart from lambskin or cowhide, there are several types of puppets with wood base materials such as puppet golek originating from West Java. Today will be the topic of this post is a puppet made ​​of lambskin or cow. Shadow puppets are the cultural heritage of our ancestors selakyaknya keep non-existant and even recognized by other countries. Currently shadow puppets going through a difficult time because the more memorable because of the emergence of modern culture that young people preferred. Some surveys say that interest in Indonesian youths tend to like modern culture.

Actually shadow puppets have a philosophy of the story is played. By way of understanding the puppet storylines we'll get a story of ancient life is very valuable. puppet itself has multiple storylines similar to life in the present such as, romance, fights to war. From some of the stories of actors who played the puppet itself is also different. As Raden Arjuna was a warrior with a very handsome face up to Reden Hanuman who is the king of the whole herd of monkeys that resemble human. The story of the war in the puppet is not much different today. the difference is the weapon used. Since ancient times there have been several civil war, it depicts the story may now coming down from our predecessors.

Puppet itself has some uniqueness that is in terms of staging and played in a number of puppet show. Staging puppet usually done one day and one night, while in terms of the number of puppets played almost 50 pieces of different puppet characters. While the instrument that must accompany the puppets to perform an action when the gamelan. Gamelan is a traditional musical instrument that should not be left behind when the puppet show action. Is an important element mastermind mastermind pagelara movies. Mastermind is the driving force of the movie so that movies can communicate and lifelike. The uniqueness of the mastermind is able to simulate several different voice. If you want to be the mastermind, you should be required to be able to simulate a number of different types of voice. If you want to watch wayang performances are often held in Yogyakarta you can visit any arts festival conducted once a year in the Sultan's Palace



We should not be endowed with sons nation extraordinary culture should forget the history of this nation. Because of that symbol of a country can be seen. Indeed puppet is a heritage that must be preserved as a legacy for. 

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