The Krucil Puppet (Wayang Krucil)
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Puppet Krucil is the kind of puppets made of flat wood. The Hand puppets are created from carved leather. Unlike the other puppets, puppet Krucil have handles made of the continuation of the ingredient. Krucil puppet, reputedly first time an created by Prince Pekik from Surabaya.
In the area of Central Java Krucil puppet has a shape similar to a puppet Gedog. The characters wear dodot rapekan, use kris, and use headgear tekes (fan). Meanwhile, in East Java, his characters much resembling a Purwa puppets, kings crown and wear Praba. In Central Java, a figures of the king using a Keling coil or Garuda Mungkur only.
The story used in the puppet Krucil generally take from the time of Panji Kudalaleyan in Pajajaran until the time of King UB in Majapahit. However, it is possible Krucil puppet using the story puppet Purwa and puppet Menak, even from the ground Javanese chronicle though.
Gamelan who used to accompany the puppet show is very simple, and rhythmically-barreled slendro playon bangomati (srepegan). However, sometimes puppets Krucil using gendhing gendhing-large, such as puppet Krucil Surakarta palace whose whole body was made of leather.
There are many who argue that the puppet Krucil similar to puppet klithik. That's because puppet Krucil same based on as klithik puppet that is made of wood. But not the same in form, the form of puppet Krucil smaller than the puppet klithik.
