Night in Yogyakarta will feel alive if you miss it by looking at the shadow puppets. The dynamic rhythm of the gamelan blends with the melodious voice sinden will not let you fall in sleepiness. The story that brought the mastermind will bring you go in to be dissolved if one of the characters in the story that was delivered. You will soon realize how great of Javanese culture in the past.
Wayang kulit is performance art that has been aged for more than half a millennium. Appearance has its own story, related to the influx of Javanese Islam. One member of the Wali Songo created by adopting Wayang Beber that developed in the heyday of Hindu-Buddhist. Adoption was done because the puppet already attached to the Java so that it becomes an excellent medium for spreading propaganda of Islam, while Islam forbids visual art form. As a result, created shadow puppets where one can only see shadows.
Leather puppet show performed by a man who would be called the greatest public entertainer in the world. How not, during the night, the mastermind behind the whole character actor plays a leather puppet which represents the puppets made from buffalo leather with decorated motif carving handicraft decoration (carving the skin). He had to change the voice character, changing intonation, issued jokes and even singing. To turn the atmosphere, the puppeteer who is assisted by musicians playing the gamelan and the sinden who sing songs of Java.
Puppet characters in total amounted to hundreds. People not puppets being played is placed in banana stems that are near the mastermind. When played, the puppets will appear as shadows on the white screen in front of the puppeteer. The shadow is created because each puppet show using oil lamps as lighting that helps the puppets being played.
Each leather puppet show or play presents a different story. Variety of play is divided into 4 categories namely grip play, play carangan, play spin-off and the play yard. The play grip has a story based entirely on library puppet plays while in outline only carangan only sourced in puppet library. The play does not stem from the spin-off puppet story but wearing the appropriate places in the library of the puppet, while the play is entirely written by freelance.
Puppet story originated from some old manuscripts such as the Ramayana, Mahabharata, Pustaka Raja Purwa and Purwakanda. Now, there are also books containing the story and essay composition which for hundreds of years has been appreciated by the public Abhimanyu Kerem, Doraweca, Suryatmaja Burglar and so forth. Among all the old books are used, the Book Purwakanda is the most frequently used by puppeteers from the Sultan Palace. Leather puppet show begins when the puppeteer has issued mountains. An all-night wayang performance Yogyakarta style is divided into 3 rounds which has 7 lined (scene) and 7 scenes of war. First round, called pathet lasem, has 3 lined and 2 scenes of war that accompanied gising-gising pathet lasem. Pathet Sanga who became the second half has 2 lined and 2 scenes of war, while the Pathet Manura the third round has 2 lined and 3 scenes of war. One of the most anticipated part of many people at every wayang performance is because of the joke-joke presents typical Java.
Sasono Hinggil located in the northern town of South Square is the most frequent events held all-night wayang performances, usually held every second and fourth week began at 21.00 pm. Other places are Sri Maganti ward located in the Sultan's Palace. Wayang Kulit in the ward was performed for 2 hours starting at 10:00 am every Saturday with a ticket Rp. 5000.00.
from: http://www.yogyes.com
