As the name implies, shadow puppets are made from animal skin (buffalo, cow or goat). Shadow puppets are used to perform the play from the Chronicle Lakon Purwa the Mahabharata and Ramayana, is therefore also called Wayang Purwa.
Until now the leather puppet show in addition to an entertainment facility is also one part of traditional ceremonies such as: clean village, ngruwat and others. To perform a puppet show complete required less support as many as 18 people. One person as the mastermind, 2 people as waranggana or sinden, and 15 people as gamelan wiraswara concurrently. If done during the day show usually starts from Jam 09.00 to 16:00 hrs.Place puppet show organized by using the concept of abstract stage.
Arena stage consists of a screen of white cloth and as a technical tool bar is placed beneath a banana to stick puppets. In the leather puppet show, the number of scenes in a play can not be determined. The amount of this scene will vary based on the play displayed or hung behind it. As the pre-spectacle is tetabuhan that had nothing to do with the main story, so just be as heated air or introductory course for entry into the actual show.
In the leather puppet show, the number of scenes in a play can not be determined. The amount of this scene will vary based on the play displayed or hung behind it. As the pre-spectacle is tetabuhan that had nothing to do with the main story, so just be as heated air or introductory course for entry into the actual show. As a guideline in presenting puppet shows are usually a puppeteer will use the standard form of puppetry puppetry books. But there is also the mastermind who uses records from the old puppeteers whose knowledge acquired through descent. However, a puppeteer also given the opportunity to improvise, because the standard puppetry is actually only contains the main story is just the heart. To further liven and make the performance more interesting, improvisation and creative mastermind holds a very important role.Makeup color on the leather puppet has symbolic meaning, but there is no general rule here.
Makeup colors such as red for the face, most indicate the nature of anger, but the figure has Setyaki color red makeup of anger is not. So the puppet character is not determined by the color of makeup, but also determined by other elements, such as shape (patron) puppet itself.Figure Arjuna, both which have the color black and yellow face, is still Arjuna with nature that we have known. Color difference like this face to distinguish space and time appearance.
Arjuna with the color yellow face for a scene staged in the palace, while Arjuna with the color black face indicates that he was on his way. Similarly, figures Ghatotkacha, Krishna, Werkudara and others. Puppet face color difference will not be known by the audience who saw the show from behind the scenes.Lighting tools used in the leather puppet show from the past until now has been amended in accordance with technological developments. In the original form of lighting equipment used in the leather puppet show is blencong, then evolved into kerosene lamp (keceran), petromak, now many use electric lights.
