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• Indonesia - Home of a very significant form
• Wayang Kulit - Most famous wayang, shadow with two dimensional puppets
• Wayang - Play, Shadow, Ghost, or Puppet
• Kulit - Leather or skin
• 2 epic stories - The Ramayana and The Mahabharata
• two Dimensional Puppets - Highlights during the performance
• Dalang - Manipulator narrator
• Kelir - Screen or cloth
• Musicians - Significant role in the gamelan performance
• Coconut oil lamp or Damar - Electric bulb that serves as light
• Wayang Wong - Performers acts the roles of the puppets on stage
• Wayang Golek - Wooden dolls with rounded head
• Wayang Topeng - Different from other plays, it narrates the activities of noble men who lived in East Java
• Wayang Klitik - Wooden puppets are flat
• Kabuki - One of the four forms of Japanese traditional theater
• Ka - Song
• Bu - Dance
• Ki - Skill
• Okuni - Originated Kabuki
• Oayama - Male performers who portray as female
• Debayashi - Incidental music, also known as degatari
• Gidayubushi - Similar to joruri
• Joruri - Narrative music
• Shimoza Ongaku - Played in kuromisu
• Kuromisu - lower stage below the stage
• Dance - unique characteristics patterns and styles, used folk and religious music
• Costumes - Robes, Kimono, obi, wigs
• Kumodori - Extravagant makeup
• COMPONENTS OF KABUKI

  • Music
  • Dance
  • Costume
  • Makeup
• Chinese New Year - Most important holiday in China
• Yin Yang - Dark and Bright
• Welcoming the Gods of Wealth and Prosperity - 5th day of new year
• Festivals of Lanterns - 15th day of New year
• Red Envelopes - Hongbao in Mandarin, Ang Pao in Hokkien
• Red - Goodluck, abundance, and happiness
• The Dragon - Represents prosperity and good fortune, and luck
• Clothing - Dressed in red or bright colored cheongsam
• The Family Picture - Taken at the hall
• Red Diamond Shapes - Symbols for arrival of luck
• Nian Hua - Colored wood block