These digital culture kit materials were developed by Gordon Hensley. Wayang is the Indonesian word for puppet, and in Indonesia is used to describe theater both with and without puppets but is most often used as shorthand for wayang kulit (Javanese shadow puppet theater). This digital culture kit includes research on Wayang Kulit Puppetry, a template of shadow puppet characters, a collection of images of wayang kulit puppetry of Indonesia, a script of the Ramayana in both Indonesian and English, and a wayang kulit demonstration slideshow.
Tag: puppet
Unity in Diversity
A digital culture kit created by Chris Watson, Vanessa Van Valin, and Tonya Denny. This video provides a variety of images from across Java, Bali, and West Timor, and includes a soundtrack of traditional gamelan music.
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Artists and Artisans Across the Archipelago
A digital culture kit created by Chris Watson, Vanessa Van Valin, and Tonya Denny. This video provides a variety of images of artists and artisans of Indonesia, including musicians, dancers, puppeteers, mask designers, and batik artists. It includes a soundtrack of traditional gamelan music.
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Indonesian Culture Through the Senses
Created by Tonya Denny, Blue Ridge Elementary, Warrensville, NC
This lesson will introduce students to where Indonesia is located on a map, understand culture from their community perspective, and understand that communities from Indonesia have similarities and differences from their own. This lesson activity also includes two puppet scripts with links and instructions for making Wayang Kulit (shadow puppets) and Wayang Golek (rod puppets).
The Ramayana in Indonesia
Created by Carla Ingram, South Caldwell High School, Hudson, NC
In this lesson, students will learn the story of the Ramayana and how it came to be part of Indonesian culture. They will understand how it is portrayed throughout Indonesian culture, and will use visual art, puppet, or a skit to portray parts of the story.