Wayang【 影子】 kulit 【皮】
爪哇皮影戲在印尼有上千年的歷史,2003年,爪哇皮影戲被收入聯合國教科文組織「人類口頭和非物質文化遺產」首批名錄,被視為印尼的國粹。
台上只有一位皮影表演者, 而且總是男性 擔當這個角色, 他除了一個人化身成為多個角色 , 又要唱得, 連腳指都要夾著鼓槌,敲打身邊的金屬片 ( 表演長達兩小時) 很敬佩他們!
*傳統的皮影戲可以長達9小時
The wayang kulit is a play that makes use of two-dimensional puppets cut out from leather (kulit) in order to throw shadows (wayang) against a white screen.
The shadow-drama is performed by a single puppeteer, almost always male, called the dalang. The dalang delivers the dialogues of all characters, narrates between the scenes, sing mood songs and even his toes hold a hammer to tap the metal plates.
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