This spirit of constant rebirth is one of the key messages of the wayang kulit. He says there has been a steady increase in students over the last few years, including a recent rise in female dalangs. Ki Kasidi Hadi Prayitno, son of the legendary dalang Ki Timbul Hadi Prayitno, teaches shadow puppetry at the Indonesian Institute of the Arts in Yogyakarta. The continual shift in the format has inspired a new generation of dalangs seeking to keep the art alive. Traditionally, audiences sit in front of the screen, keeping the dalangs outside of view. He says this more engaging style of the wayang kulit started in the mid-1990s, when dalangs began allowing the crowd to sit on the same side of the stage as the dalang. Like most dalangs, he injects his own fervor and personality into the performances, improvising with the crowd and cracking jokes with his bandmates. Ki Seno Nugroho, a renowned dalang who lives in Yogyakarta, performs the wayang kulit nearly every night throughout central Java. Generation upon generation pass down knowledge of the craft, just as the generations pass down the stories the puppet shadows act out. Entire village economies center on crafting shadow puppets and the gamelan instruments used in these performances. The puppets are flat and shadows from the puppets are cast on an illuminated white cotton cloth hanging between the. There you see depictions of wayang kulit in the architecture, in murals, and in marketplace souvenirs. Wayang Kulit, a renowed form of puppetry orginated from Indonesia involving narrated shadow puppet shows performed to gamelan music, is perhaps the most unique cultural tradition associated with Java. Wayang kulit is central to Javanese culture, especially in the city of Yogyakarta, aptly known as the City of Art. The stories incorporate elements of Islam, Hinduism, and Kejawen, an ancient indigenous religion. The nighttime performances, which traditionally last from dusk to dawn, are accompanied by an orchestra of gamelan performers and a chorus of singers. Using flat yet intricate leather puppets, puppeteers known as dalangs bring two-dimensional shadows to life. On the island of Java there is a sacred form of theater known as the wayang kulit. Entire civilizations and religions are based on stories-tales of good and evil, of gods and men, of creation and death that have been passed from generation to generation.
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