One of my favourite Muzium Negara exhibits as a child was the flat-as-pancakes wayang kulit puppets depicting dramatic ...

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 ...

The wayang kulit shadow puppets of Indonesia are such an important cultural and artistic legacy that UNESCO designated the tradition as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

Malaysian college lecturer Ahnaf Hakimi Ahmad hopes to save the ancient tradition of shadow puppetry using 3D-printed figures controlled by robotics instead of people. “Wayang kulit”, a ...

Renowned for its elaborate puppets and complex musical styles, this ancient form of storytelling originated on the Indonesian island of Java. For ten centuries wayang flourished at the royal courts of ...

Before the advent of modern cinema and television, Malaysians – especially those living on the East Coast – had long been accustomed to the art of wayang kulit, (shadow puppets) in their villages.

Wayang kulit, a traditional form of shadow puppetry, holds immense cultural and historical significance. This ancient performance art – a mesmerising dance of light and shadow that combines ...