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• Indian contributions to civilization


  • Four great religions
  • Yoga
  • First fable of the world (Panchatantra)
  • Invented the zero and numerals in mathematics
  • Music, arts and architecture are better known than any forms of Oriental Culture
• Nang Yai


  Traditional theatrical art form in Thailand that combines artistic crafts, using buffalo puppets presented with narrated songs, chants, and music
• Nang Yai puppets


  • Made from cowhide perforated into various characters, weighing 3-4 kg, with the biggest one for the lead role weighing 4-7 kg and as high as 2 m and over 1 m wide
  • Divided into seven categories according to their pose and role
  • Viewers see only the shadows, but from behind they are beautiful and colorful

  
• Nang Yai puppetry shows


  • Tourists can still catch them
  • Designs made of paper are patterned after the puppets and sold as souvenirs or greeting cards

  
• Nang


  Means "skin or hide" - referring to the materials used to create the puppets

  
• Wayang Kulit


  Ancient Indonesian art of shadow play, a unique combination of ritual, lesson, and entertainment

  
• Wayang Kulit


  • Lacy shadow figures projected on a taut line screen with a coconut oil lamp or electric light
  • Dalang (shadow artist) manipulates carved leather figures between the lamp and the screen to bring the shadows to life
  • Dalang should represent the characters by way of the form of the figures, their decorations, and the gestures they are displaying
• UNESCO recognized the art of Wayang Kulit of Indonesia as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, requiring Indonesians to preserve such art heritage
• Wayang Kulit figures


  • Highly stylized appearance compared to their counterparts elsewhere in Southeast Asia, due to Islamic prohibition on depicting the human form
  • Refined workmanship with very intricate perforations that look like exquisite filigree or lacery
• Wayang Kulit characters


  • Semar
  • Gareng
  • Petruk
  • Bagong
• Wayang Kulit puppets


  • Come in various shapes, patterns, and sizes from square-like cruel forms of the giants to smaller fine limbed figures representing highly cultured kings and nobles
  • Some have grotesque-like figures

  
• Symbolic significance of Wayang Kulit puppet design

  • Different shaped eyes and noses denote nobility, patience, crudeness, steadfastness, strength, loyalty, clownishness, or wisdom
  • About 25 varieties of headdress to represent priests, princes, fighters, queens, deities, kings, or gods

  
• Meticulous craftmaking of Wayang Kulit figures

  1. Start with master models on paper traced onto skin or parchment

  2. Figures are smoothened, primed, and detailed

  3. Hand painted by skilled craftsman

  4. Movable parts mounted on the body

  5. Central stick accurately handstitched
• Higantes Festival


  • Also known as the Feast of San Clemente, celebrated every November 23 in Angono, Rizal, Philippines
  • Major festival in honor of San Clemente, the patron saint of fishermen
  • Features a procession with "pahadores" (devotees in colorful costumes) and "higantes" (paper-mâché giants measuring 10-12 feet in height and 4-5 feet in diameter)