Wednesday, 11 May 2016

Wayang Puppet Show in Jakarta


Wayang is a native Indonesian performing arts are growing rapidly in Java and Bali. The show is also popular in some areas such as Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula also has some culture puppets are affected by Javanese and Hindu culture.

UNESCO, the agency that oversees the culture of the United Nations, on 7 November 2003 set a shadow puppet show puppet as famous from Indonesia, a world heritage priceless masterpiece in the art of spoken (Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity).

Actually, puppet shows not only in Indonesia because there are many other countries that have a puppet show. However, a shadow puppet show (wayang) in Indonesia has a narrative style and uniqueness, which is a genuine masterpiece of Indonesia. For that UNESCO put it into the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Man in 2003.

Nowadays, Wayang widely being used as a souvenir from Indonesia. Especiall Wayang Kulit there is so many souvenir shop which is selling Key chains , ornaments, Puppet, Clothes, Painting or many things with wayang. And there is a Museum for Wayang which is Museum Wayang in Jakarta. 



The Address is Jl. Pintu Besar Utara No.27, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta. And if guys want to look some Puppet Show you can go to a shop behind this museum the owner is ALDY SANJAYA. he is a master for a show and he sell many goods with best prices. Check his own video guys


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