Know Your Puppet Arts

Puppet Skin  Art is one of the top arts and culture of Indonesia's most prominent among many other cultural works. Puppet Skin  Art include acting, sound art, music, speech arts, literary arts, painting, sculpture, and art is also symbolic. Puppet Arts evolving over time, is also a lighting media, propaganda, education, entertainment, philosophical understanding, as well as entertainment.

According to research by historians of culture, culture Puppet Skin  Art is the original culture of Indonesia, particularly in Java. The existence of wayang already centuries before Hinduism into Java. Puppet Story Although popular in today's society is an adaptation of the works of Indian literature, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The two main story in the puppet undergone many changes and additions to match the original philosophy of Indonesia.

Generally Puppet Skin  Art  took the story from the Mahabharata and Ramayana manuscript, but not limited to the grip (standard), the ki mastermind could also play the play carangan (composition). Some of the stories were taken from the Panji stories.

Performing Puppet Skin  Art has been recognized by UNESCO on November 7, 2003, as the work of an amazing culture in the field of narrative story and legacy of beautiful and valuable (Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity). Puppet Skin  Art is more popular in central and eastern Java, while the puppet show often played in West Java.

Origin

Regarding the origin Puppet Skin  Art is, in the world there are two opinions. First, the idea that shadow puppets originated and was first born on the island of Java, precisely in East Java. This opinion besides embraced and advanced by researchers and experts in Indonesia, also the research scholars of the West. Among Western scholars who belong to this group, is Hazeau, Brandes, Kats, Rentse, and Kruyt.

The reason they are strong enough. Among other things, that art Puppet was very closely related to sociocultural and religious state of Indonesia, especially Java. Punakawan, the most significant figures in the puppet, namely Semar, Gareng, Petruk, Bagong, only in Indonesian puppet, and not in other countries. In addition, names and technical terms puppet, all derived from the Javanese (Old), and no other language.

In the meantime, a second opinion from India Puppet suspect, who was taken along with Hinduism to Indonesia. They include Pischel, Hidding, Krom, Poensen, Goslings, and Rassers. Most of the latter group is the British scholar, the European country that once colonized India.

However, since the 1950's, the books seemed to have agreed that the Puppet is derived from Java, and not at all imported from other countries.

Puppet Skin  Art cultures are thought to have born in Indonesia at least during the reign of King Airlangga, king Kahuripan (976 -1012), ie when the kingdom in East Java was victorious.

Regarding the birth culture of puppets, Ir. Sri Mulyono in his symbolism and mysticism in the Puppet (1979), estimate the puppet has existed since Neolithic times, which is approximately 1,500 years before Christ. His opinion was based on the writings Robert von Heine-Geldern Ph.. D, Prehis-toric Research in the Netherlands Indies (1945) and Prof. writing. K.A.H. Hidding in Indonesia Encyclopedia page 987.