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Forms of wayang

Forms of wayang

Wayang comes in many forms: hide, wood, paper, even people. Wayang starts with wayang kulit purwa in the Surakarta style; other forms and styles will follow.

  1. Wayang Kulit

    Carved and painted buffalo-hide puppets, played behind the kelir.

  2. Wayang Suket

    Puppets plaited from dried grass (suket): no hide, no carving and no rods.