Wayang golek
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On November 7, 2003, UNESCO designated wayang the flat leather shadow puppet, the flat wooden puppet, and the three-dimensional wooden puppet theatre, as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Herit
Wayang golek performance with dalang
A dalang (puppeteer) playing Ghatotkacha character on the stage
Wayang golek figure, Cepot, a Sundanese Punokawan, Indonesia
Wayang golek, Rahwana, Indonesia, 2004
Sundanese people
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The Sundanese are an Austronesian ethnic group native to western part of Java island in Indonesia, with the term Tatar Sunda or Pasundan which covers most of the administrative areas of the provinces
Wayang golek
…Wayang golek (Sundanese: ᮝᮚᮀ ᮍᮧᮜᮦᮊ᮪, romanized: wayang golèk (in the lemes register); is one of the traditional Sundanese puppet arts from West Java, Indonesia. In contrast to the wayang art in other areas of Java that use leather in the production of wayang, wayang golek…
A Sundanese couple wearing neo-traditional wedding attire
A depiction of Sri Baduga Maharaja a dynasty of Prabu Siliwangi.
Batutulis inscription in Bogor, describes the deeds of Sunda King, Sri Baduga Maharaja, popularly known as Prabu Siliwangi.
Sundanese boys playing Angklung in Garut, c. 1910–1930.