LET’ S HAVE AN ACTIVITY! T he one who get the item when the music stops will take a guess!
WAYANGKULIT April 2024
1 2 3 LEARNING OBJECTIVES Discuss the Indonesian Theater and Wayang kulit Identify the characteristic of music and intruments use in Indonesian theater. Draw a Shadow Puppet of Wayang Kulit
Unfamiliar Words Wayang Kulit Wayang – is a Malay or Indonesian term for “Theater” Kulit – “Skin”; refers to the leather construction of the puppets. Dalang – the puppeteer Suluk - the opening of the puppet is called suluk . Suluk is a form of song in which in the Surakarta style there is sulukan pathet , sendhon , and ada-ada . Gamelan orchestras - comprised of several types of mallet instruments, or keyboard-style instruments struck with mallets or hammers, as well as different drums, flutes, and occasionally stringed instruments or vocalists. The word 'gamelan' is derived from the Indonesian word meaning 'hammer.
Puppet Play/Theater Shadow play also known as shadow puppetry, is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment which uses flat articulated cut-out figures (shadow puppets) which are held between a source of light and a translucent screen or scrim.
INDONESIA THEATER Wayang Kulit or Shadow Puppet is a popular Indonesian theater. The dalang makes ready all the facilities used like cloth and the bright light for the shadow. Also, the dalang sings the mood songs ( suluk ) at regular intervals during performances.
INDONESIA THEATER Wayang Kulit was performed in the royal court and widely performed in public on religious occasions so that knowledge of wayang became widespread among all classes in Java.
Royal Court
INDONESIA THEATER In setting the mood or ambiance of a play, music has two major dramatic functions in the theater. It accompanies the singing/chanting and it accompanies stage actions including dance
INDONESIA THEATER Entrances, exits, and fight scenes are executed in time to gamelan music. However, suluk is never accompanied by the full gamelan ensemble.
INDONESIA THEATER Performances of shadow puppet theater are accompanied by a gamelan orchestra in Java, and by gender wayang in Bali.
INDONESIA THEATER The dramatic stories depict mythologies, such as episodes from the Hindu epics, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata as well as local adaptations of cultural legends.
INDONESIA THEATER Gamelan ensemble is composed mainly by bronze percussion instruments , augmented by other percussion instruments, strings and flute . A full Javanese gamelan ensemble consists of:
SARON xylophone of heavy bronze bars Musical Instrument:
GENDER bronze xylophone with resonance chambers beneath Musical Instrument:
BONANG set of bronze bowls Musical Instrument:
GONG AND KEMPUL hanging gongs Musical Instrument:
KENONG AND KETUK single inverted bronze bowl Musical Instrument:
GAMBANG wooden xylophone Musical Instrument:
REBAB two-stringed fiddle Musical Instrument:
SULING flute Musical Instrument:
KENDANG horizontal drum beat with the fingers on both ends Musical Instrument:
TJELEMPUNG a zither of thirteen double strings Musical Instrument:
BRONZE INSTRUMENTS Musical Instrument:
L et’s answer the following questions: ________xylophone of heavy bronze bars. ________ was performed in the royal court and widely performed in public on religious occasions so that knowledge of wayang became widespread among all classes in Java. The Wayang Kulit originated in ________. The Indonesia theater is a ________. _____ is a wooden xylophone Sarong Wayangkulit Indonesia shadow puppet Gambang Instrument
A. Saron B.Gambang C. Bonang D. rebab 1. This instrument is called? Instruction: Write the LETTER and the word of the correct answer.
A. Gambang B. Suling C. Gender D. Tjelempung 2. This instrument is called? Instruction: Write the LETTER and the word of the correct answer.
A. Tjelempung B. gong and kempul C. Kendang D.Gambang 3. This instrument is called? Instruction: Write the LETTER and the word of the correct answer.
4. ________ instrument has a two-stringed fiddle. A. Saron B. Gambang C. Bonang D. Rebab 5. ________ instrument has a single inverted bronze bowl A. Rebab B. Gambang C. Kenong and Ketuk D. Gong and Kempul Instruction: Write the LETTER and the word of the correct answer.
Assignment: Make your own Shadow Puppet characters (at least 3) attached on a stick.