Shadow Play

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Shadow Play
Shadow Play is a traditional Indonesian art mainly developed in Java. Puppet comes from the word Ma Hyang means toward the god. Shadow puppets are made from buffalo skin, played by a puppeteer who is also the narrator's dialogue puppet figures, accompanied by gamelan music played by a group of nayaga and songs sung by the singer. Puppeteer  behind the shadow  puppet played in screen, the screen is made of white cloth, while the electric lights flashed behind him or oil lamp (blencong), so that the spectators who were on the other side of the screen can see the shadow puppet that falls into the screen. In order to understand the story of puppet, the audience must have knowledge of the characters that shadow puppets on the screen.
 
Leather puppet show has been recognized by UNESCO on November 7, 2003, as an amazing work culture in the field of narrative story and legacy of beautiful and valuable (Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.) Shadow puppets are more popular in central and eastern Java, while a show raree , is more often played in West Java.