For years, Buffalo’s own Nusantara Arts has been curating exceptional Indonesian shadow puppet and Javanese dance performances, set to traditional gamelan music. Leave your traditional idea of ...

These Javanese Wayang Kulit puppets are relatively new to the city’s cultural scene, but have quickly become one of the fastest growing artistic movements – along with traditional music and ...

Join ASTC, the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia, and Rice University for an exhilarating sensory experience of color, movement, and sound when we present the first-ever Javanese shadow ...

A two-day West Javanese festival at the Freer/Sackler includes the area’s unique puppet performance art.

A beginner student practices playing Javanese puppets following health protocols amid the COVID-19 pandemic at Nirmala Sari hermitage in Cinere, Depok district, West Java, Indonesia, March 7, 2021.

Young Javanese children rehearse traditional instruments and practice the ancient art of shadow puppetry for a play about the story of Christmas.

Said to have arrived during the spice trade, wayang kulit (shadow puppets) is facing many obstacles to ensure that it survives future generations.

In a twist The Bard himself would've be proud of, a Javanese shadow theatre is a star turn at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Taranaki. The intricate puppets - accompanied by a gamelan ...