For years, Buffalo’s own Nusantara Arts has been curating exceptional Indonesian shadow puppet and Javanese dance performances, set to traditional gamelan music. Leave your traditional idea of what a ...

On Sunday, April 23, Buffalo’s Nusantara Arts will treat us to a spectacular Sunday afternoon of Javanese shadow puppetry unlike anything that we could have possibly imagined. These Javanese Wayang ...

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesia's shadow puppetry performances are steeped in tradition, but one artist from the country's cultural heartland is giving this ancient art a modern makeover ...

"Although public performances are rare due to the pandemic, we keep practising within the community in order to preserve the tradition," he said. His group gave a show to a small group of children ...

Naga, a mythical serpent (late 1700s–early 1800s), West Java (all images © The Trustees of the British Museum, courtesy the British Museum) For centuries, shadow ...

“Scene of Souls in Hell” (19th century), donkey skin; Shaanxi, China (all images courtesy Museu do Oriente) LISBON — Asian shadow theater is catnip for those with energetic imaginations. Its ...

Shadow plays might be one of the most accessible theatrical artforms in the world. All you need is a light and something that casts a shadow. “One of the best light sources for a shadow is the light ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - The scene is much like any other Indonesian puppet show: the beat of the gongs is frenetic, the musicians wear intricately-patterned traditional costumes and the puppets sway back ...