mapeh 8 (music 4th quarter) - indonesian theater
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INDONESIAN THEATERMr. Carlo Justino J. LunaMalabanias Integrated SchoolAngeles CityMUSICUnit 4 Musical Theater and Festivals of Asia
Indonesian Theater
Shadow Puppet Theater is a well-known Indonesian theater popular not only in their own country but spread in several countries around the world
(in Central Java) is one of the oldest continuous traditions of storytelling in the world which includes the use of puppet materials and background musical accompaniment to make it interesting to the audienceWAYANG KULITIndonesian Theater
Wayang is an Indonesian and Malay word for theater.
When the term is used to refer to kinds of Puppet Theater, sometimes the puppet itself is referred to as wayang.
Kulit means skin and refers to the leather construction of the puppets that are carefully-cut into a very fine tools and supported with carefully-shaped buffalo horn handles and control rods.
The PERFORMANCE
The audience is the most important person in a Wayang Kulit performance.The dalang prepares all the materials used like the cloth and the light for the shadow.The puppet on the right side signifies the good character, on the left hand side, the bad.The open space between them, about 2 meters wide, represents the stage.The PERFORMANCEWayang Kulit
TheDALANG
is the puppeteeris characterized by his being creative, humorous, and flexiblemanipulates the puppets, sings, and taps out signals to the orchestraspeaks the parts of all the charactersDALANGWayang Kulit
The use of voice interchangeably is the main ability of a dalang to give more life to a different character.
The dalang is the chief performer who told a story to the accompaniment of gamelan ensemble.
Wayang Kulit was performed in royal court and widely performed in public on religious occasions
so that knowledge of wayang became widespread among all classes in Java.14
The Music:GAMELAN
is comprised mainly by bronze percussion instruments augmented by other percussion instruments, strings, and a flute.GAMELAN EnsembleWayang Kulit
Saron xylophone of heavy bronze barsGAMELAN EnsembleWayang Kulit
Gender bronze xylophone with resonance chambers beneathGAMELAN EnsembleWayang Kulit
Bonang set of bronze bowlsGAMELAN EnsembleWayang Kulit
Gong and Kempul hanging gongsGAMELAN EnsembleWayang Kulit
Kenong and Ketuk single inverted bronze bowlGAMELAN EnsembleWayang Kulit
Gambang wooden xylophoneGAMELAN EnsembleWayang Kulit
Rebab two-stringed fiddleGAMELAN EnsembleWayang Kulit
Suling fluteGAMELAN EnsembleWayang Kulit
Kendang horizontal drum beat with the fingers on both endsGAMELAN EnsembleWayang Kulit
Tjelempung a zither of thirteen double stringsGAMELAN EnsembleWayang Kulit
SULUK
The dalang sings the mood songs (suluk) at regular intervals during performance.Suluk are never accompanied by the full gamelan ensemble.Often a single instrument accompanies the singer, never more than three or four.SULUKWayang Kulit
How to make Wayang Kulit?
Wayang Kulit
THANKS!Mr. Carlo Justino J. LunaMalabanias Integrated SchoolAngeles CityMUSICUnit 4 Musical Theater and Festivals of Asia