Wayang

E21749

Indonesian cultural heritage theatrical art form traditional performing art

Wayang is a traditional Indonesian theatrical art form, most famously involving intricately carved shadow puppets used to dramatize epic stories and moral tales.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
Wayang kulit	3
Sundanese wayang golek	2
wayang golek	2
Wayang beber	1
Wayang golek	1
Wayang klitik	1
Wayang wong	1
wayang (Javanese shadow theatre)	1
wayang kulit	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indonesian cultural heritage ⓘ theatrical art form ⓘ traditional performing art ⓘ
associatedWithReligion	Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ Javanese mysticism ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Indonesia ⓘ
culturalSignificance	important part of Indonesian national culture ⓘ symbol of Javanese identity ⓘ
function	entertainment ⓘ moral education ⓘ religious instruction ⓘ ritual performance ⓘ social criticism ⓘ
genre	puppet theatre ⓘ
hasVariant	Wayang self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wayang beber Wayang self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wayang golek Wayang self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wayang klitik Wayang self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wayang kulit Wayang self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wayang wong
influenced	Indonesian animation and film aesthetics ⓘ modern Indonesian theatre ⓘ
influencedBy	Indian performing arts ⓘ
languageUsed	Balinese ⓘ Indonesian ⓘ Javanese ⓘ Sundanese ⓘ
lighting	electric lamp ⓘ oil lamp ⓘ
mainRegion	Bali ⓘ Java ⓘ Lombok ⓘ Sunda Plate ⓘ surface form: Sunda
narrativeSource	Hindu epics ⓘ Mahabharata ⓘ Ramayana ⓘ
narrativeTheme	epic stories ⓘ moral tales ⓘ
performanceElement	dalang ⓘ gamelan orchestra ⓘ improvisation ⓘ narration ⓘ traditional singing ⓘ
performedBy	dalang ⓘ
recognizedBy	UNESCO ⓘ
screenMaterial	cotton screen ⓘ
timePeriodOfOrigin	at least 10th century ⓘ
typicalDuration	all-night performance ⓘ
typicalMaterial	buffalo hide ⓘ carved leather puppets ⓘ horn puppet rods ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear	2003 ⓘ
UNESCOStatus	Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity ⓘ
uses	shadow puppets ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kakawin Hariwangsa → associatedPerformanceTradition → Wayang ⓘ

this entity surface form: wayang (Javanese shadow theatre)

Pasundan → associatedWithCulture → Wayang ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sundanese wayang golek

Gamelan → culturalContext → Wayang ⓘ

this entity surface form: wayang kulit

East Java → hasCulturalAttraction → Wayang ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wayang kulit

Indonesia → hasCulturalHeritage → Wayang ⓘ

West Java → hasCulturalHeritage → Wayang ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sundanese wayang golek

Garut → hasTraditionalArt → Wayang ⓘ

this entity surface form: wayang golek