Sportswear giant Adidas has apologised for insinuating that wayang kulit, or shadow puppetry, originated in Malaysia, following a torrent of angry comments from Indonesians. The brand’s faux pas, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Adidas faced heavy criticism from social media users over a new shoe design based on Javanese “wayang kulit,” a traditional form ...

A special one-hour Javanese wayang kulit for families and children. Wayang kulit is the shadow-puppet theater of Indonesia. Wayang means "theater" and kulit means "skin," which refers to the leather ...

The 'A Life In Shadows: The Story Of Wayang Kulit' exhibition offers a rare glimpse into the legacy of the late great Dalang Dollah Baju Merah, showcasing his storied wayang kulit puppets. Photo: The ...

These series of audio-visual learning materials (Materi ajar pandang-dengar) on Wayang puppet theatre were produced by SENA WANGI (Indonesian National Wayang Secretariat) and PEPADI (Indonesian ...

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When you think of wayang kulit (shadow puppet performance), you probably imagine a shadow puppet performance telling traditional stories, like tales from the Ramayana and Mahabharata. But in Malaysia, ...

1 Roslan, the ‘tok dalang’, heading the shadow play team behind the screen. 2 The joint performance featured the Kelantanese ‘wayang kulit’ (background) and ‘edo ito ayatsuri ningyo’, a 400-year old ...

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This two-discs VCD constitute part two of a series of audio-visual learning materials (Materi ajar pandang-dengar) on Wayang puppet theatre. The series, composed of 26 VCD ((available here) ), were ...