PUPPET THEATRE IN INDONESIA

Form of puppet theater of the most popular in Indonesia is a puppet. In principle the form of puppet theater involving the mastermind and the physical form of puppet characters. in Indonesia is divided into two:

1. Shadow graph: a puppet theater made from the skin of the venue in the form of a white screen curtain call. Shadow puppet play is taken from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The story originated from India are usually in play all night long. The interesting aspect is the scene in a shadow puppet, Goro Goro (Comedy). scene is a funny scene clown-servants. Goro-GoroPunakawan consists of Semar, Gareng, Petruk and Bagong. In the original stories from India, a character clown-servants are not there, clown-servants is a character created by artist Indonesian shadow puppets.
2. Puppet Marionette : located in West Java are called puppet theater puppet show. In a puppet show, puppet who played a wooden doll. His plays do not use the screen but uses the small stage.