Renowned for its elaborate puppets and complex musical styles, this ancient form of storytelling originated on the Indonesian island of Java. For ten centuries wayang flourished at the royal courts of ...

Organised by Muzium Perak recently, the workshop drew about 50 people, including 30 students who were tasked with the job of making traditional wayang kulit characters.

They skillfully play a range of traditional instruments; serunai, geduk and gedombak, all set against a backdrop of wayang kulit puppets representing diverse characters on the screen. On the other ...

In the shadowy glow of an oil lamp, intricately crafted puppets dance across a screen, bringing to life ancient tales of heroism, trickery, and moral dilemmas. This is Wayang Kulit, the ...