Music

• Wayang Kulit


  also known as shadow puppets, or best known as Indonesian Wayang
• Kulit means


  Skin, which refers to the leather-made puppets
• The Puppets


  Size: about 6 to more than 3 feet
• The Characters


  come from the two epic stories of the Mahabharata and Ramayana of Hinduism
• The Dalang


  the person who is in charge of almost everything
• The Gamelan


  Musical ensemb
• Saron


  basic melodic instrument
• saron panerus


  highest
• saron barun


  middle
• saron demung


  lowest
• Rebab


  two stringed bow instrument and a blown suling flute that strengthens the melody
• Gender Panerus


  highest pitch in gender family
• Gender Panembung / Slentem


  lowest pitch
• Niyaga


  gamelan musicians
• Pesindhen


  female soloist singer who sings with a gamelan
• Dalang


  the puppeteer and conductor
• performers


  3
• equipment


  9
• elements


  11
• Story


  Princess Sita and her husband Prince Rama who were thrown out from their empire by Rama's stepmother
• Hanuman


  The monkey warrior important in the story of Rama and Sita.
• Ravana


  ten-headed, 20 armed demon king; abducted Sita
• gunungan


  symbolic scene element
• Wayang Kulit


  leather puppets
• Gamelan


  musical instruments
• Chempala


  wooden knockers
• Gedebok


  Javanese trunk of a banana as a place to arrange the puppets
• Kelir


  clothe screen
• Blencong


  Javanese oil lamp used in Wayang Kulit
• Kotak kayu


  wooden chest
• Kepyak


  metal rappers
• Sindengan


  Pesiden's song
• Gending


  javanese melody
• Dodogan


  Javanese knocking
• Suluk


  mood songs
• Chariyos


  Javanese story or narrative
• Sabetan


  javanese puppet movement
• Janturan


  javanese puppeteers' narration
• Ginem


  javanese dialogue
• Tembang


  javanese song