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Shadow Theatre in Java: The Puppets, Perfomance and Repertoire
Hardcover, 152 pages
Published
February 28th 1999
by Pepin Press
(first published February 1999)
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Shadow Theatre is a fascinating journey across time and place with the interweaving music, story, culture and puppetry of Java. Influenced by China, India and Islam the essentially Hindu stories depicted also retain some of their animalistic and pagan origins. The artistry of the dalangs (storytellers) is present within this book as much as the artistry of the puppet-makers.
One rather quirky characteristic of the seemingly anarchic style of traditional performances occurs in the tendency within ...more
One rather quirky characteristic of the seemingly anarchic style of traditional performances occurs in the tendency within ...more
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