Wayang Golek: The Entrancing World of Classical Javanese Puppet Theatre
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, 1988
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Javanese puppet theatre or "wayang" is performed with three-dimensional wooden rod-puppets, using as its repertoire stories taken from the great Indian epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. This reference work examines specifically "wayang golek," found exclusively in West Java or Sunda.
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- Wayang Golek: The Entrancing World of Classical Javanese Puppet Theatre
- Author
- Peter Buurman
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year
- 1988
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Oversized HC
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0195889002
- ISBN 13
- 9780195889000
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- Cultural Studies/Social Sciences
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