Mahabharata tradition in Java

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The Mahabharata tradition in Java is a localized adaptation of the Indian epic that blends Hindu narrative elements with Javanese culture, language, and performing arts such as wayang (shadow puppetry).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Javanese Hindu tradition
cultural tradition
localized epic tradition
accompaniedBy Gamelan
surface form: gamelan orchestra
basedOn Mahabharata
country Indonesia
developedIn Java
featuresCharacter Bagong
Duryudana
Gareng
King Janaka
surface form: Janaka

Kresna
Petruk
Puntadewa
Semar
Sengkuni
Werkudara
function court entertainment
moral education
religious instruction
village ritual entertainment
hasCulturalInfluenceFrom Hinduism
Hindu epics
surface form: Indian epics

Javanese court culture
Javanese indigenous beliefs
hasPart Mahabharata tradition in Java self-linksurface differs
surface form: Javanese Mahabharata literary adaptations

courtly performance traditions
village ritual performances
wayang Mahabharata performances
hasRegionalVariant Mahabharata tradition in Java self-linksurface differs
surface form: Central Javanese Mahabharata tradition

Mahabharata tradition in Java self-linksurface differs
surface form: East Javanese Mahabharata tradition

Surakarta court Mahabharata tradition
Javanese royal courts
surface form: Yogyakarta court Mahabharata tradition
includesEpisodeType lakon carangan
lakon pakem
includesGenre Wayang
surface form: wayang purwa
includesLocalDeities Javanese guardian spirits
integrates Hindu narrative elements
Javanese cosmology
Javanese ethics and social values
local mythological figures
narrativeForm oral tradition
performing arts tradition
written literature
performedBy dalang
relatedTo Ramayana tradition in Java
relatedWork Mahabharata tradition in Java self-linksurface differs
surface form: Old Javanese Mahabharata (Bharatayuddha)

Serat Bratayuda
Serat Bratayuda
surface form: Serat Pendawa
timePeriod developed from at least the 10th century
transmissionMode family-based dalang lineages
guru-disciple apprenticeship
usesArtForm dance drama
gamelan music
shadow puppetry
sung narration
usesLanguage Indonesian
Kawi language
surface form: Kawi

Middle Javanese
Modern Javanese
Kawi (Old Javanese)
surface form: Old Javanese
usesMedium Wayang
surface form: wayang beber

wayang kulit
Wayang Orang Sriwedari
surface form: wayang wong
usesNarrationStyle Javanese suluk and janturan

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Kakawin Gatotkacasraya influencedBy Mahabharata tradition in Java
Mahabharata tradition in Java hasPart Mahabharata tradition in Java self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Javanese Mahabharata literary adaptations
Mahabharata tradition in Java relatedWork Mahabharata tradition in Java self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Old Javanese Mahabharata (Bharatayuddha)
Mahabharata tradition in Java hasRegionalVariant Mahabharata tradition in Java self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Central Javanese Mahabharata tradition
Mahabharata tradition in Java hasRegionalVariant Mahabharata tradition in Java self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: East Javanese Mahabharata tradition
Dharmawangsa Teguh relatedWork Mahabharata tradition in Java
this entity surface form: Old Javanese Mahabharata