wayang kulit (my ques)

• Kulit - meaning skin
• Wayang Kulit- two dimensional leather puppets
• Ma hyang - means journey towards spirituality
• The two hindu-character-epicsL Ramayana & Mahabharata
• Stor - good & evil. myhtical creatures involved
• Dalang - also known a puppeteer. manipulates and narrates the puppets
• Gamelan music - accompanies the performance. sets the mood & rhythm
• Blencong - lamp. it is used to illuminate the screen
• Garuda - half bird half human
• Geddebug - bamboo sticks
• Puppets - main material in wayang kulit. made from buffalo hide
• Gawang - frame
• Kleir / Kelir - screen
• Saron - xylophone of heavy bronze bars
• Gender - bronze xylophone with resonance chambers beneath
• Bonang - set of bronze bowls
• Genong & Ketuk - single inverted bowl
• Gambang - wooden xylohpones
• Rebab - two stringed fiddle
• Suling - flute
• Kendang - horizontal drums
• Tjelempung - zither of 13 double strings
• Saron - xylophone of heavy bronze bars
• Gender - bronze xylophone with resonance chambers beneath
• Bonang - set of bronze bowls
• Genong - single inverted bowl
• Gambang - wooden xylophone
• Rebab - two stringed fiddle
• Suling - flute
• Kendang - horizontal drums
• Tjelempung - zither of 13 double stings
• Pandava- 5 heroic brothers
• Bhima - known for strength and bravery. + muscular figure
• Srilrandi - female warrior
• Semar - beloved clown figure
• Gareng - one of the panakawan
• Petruk - clever & witty
• Bagong - youngest
• Rama - known for his devotion to his wife sita
• Sita - wife of rama