Javanese rod puppet

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Javanese rod puppet

theater

Also known as: wayang golek

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Richard Teschner
…the artistic potentialities of the Javanese rod puppet for western puppet theatre.
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…the artistic potentialities of the Javanese rod puppet for western puppet theatre.
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Indonesia
Theatre and dance
The prominent puppet theatres—wayang golek (wooden rod-puppet play) of the Sundanese and wayang kulit (leather shadow-puppet play) of the Javanese and Balinese—draw much of their repertoire from indigenized versions of the Ramayana and Mahabharata. These tales also provide source material for the
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The prominent puppet theatres—wayang golek (wooden rod-puppet play) of the Sundanese and wayang kulit (leather shadow-puppet play) of the Javanese and Balinese—draw much of their repertoire from indigenized versions of the Ramayana and Mahabharata. These tales also provide source material for the
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puppetry
Rod puppets
…where they are known as wayang golek. In Europe they were for a long time confined to the Rhineland; but in the early 20th century Richard Teschner in Vienna developed the artistic potentialities of this type of figure. In Moscow Nina Efimova carried out similar experimental productions, and these may…
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…where they are known as wayang golek. In Europe they were for a long time confined to the Rhineland; but in the early 20th century Richard Teschner in Vienna developed the artistic potentialities of this type of figure. In Moscow Nina Efimova carried out similar experimental productions, and these may…
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