One of my favourite Muzium Negara exhibits as a child was the flat-as-pancakes wayang kulit puppets depicting dramatic ...

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 ...

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 ...