Wayang Kulit
Wayang Kulit
INDONESIAN
THEATER
Shadow Puppet Theater is a
well-known Indonesian theater
popular not only in their own
country but spread in several
countries around the world
WAYANG
KULIT
Wayang
Kulit • is comprised mainly by bronze
percussion instruments augmented by
other percussion instruments, strings,
and a flute.
GAMELAN Ensemble
1. Saron – xylophone of heavy
bronze bars
Wayang
Kulit
GAMELAN Ensemble
2. Gender – bronze
xylophone with
resonance
chambers
Wayang beneath
Kulit
GAMELAN Ensemble
3. Bonang – set of bronze bowls
Wayang
Kulit
GAMELAN Ensemble
4. Gong and Kempul – hanging gongs
Wayang
Kulit
GAMELAN Ensemble
5. Kenong and Ketuk – single
inverted bronze bowl
Wayang
Kulit
GAMELAN Ensemble
6. Gambang – wooden xylophone
Wayang
Kulit
GAMELAN Ensemble
7. Rebab – two-stringed fiddle
Wayang
Kulit
GAMELAN Ensemble
8. Suling – flute
Wayang
Kulit
GAMELAN Ensemble
9. Kendang – horizontal drum beat
with the fingers on both ends
Wayang
Kulit
GAMELAN Ensemble
10.Tjelempung – a zither of thirteen
double strings
Wayang
Kulit
SULUK
SULUK
• The dalang sings the mood songs
(suluk) at regular intervals during
performance.
• Suluk are never accompanied by
Wayang the full gamelan ensemble.
Kulit
• Often a single instrument
accompanies the singer, never
more than three or four.
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