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Art of Asia

Course: Art of Asia > Unit 8

Lesson 5: Bali

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Balinese shadow theater

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Watch an excerpt from the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata. Performed Shadowmaster I Wayan Nartha. Created by Asian Art Museum.

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Residuum
Posted 8 years ago. Direct link to Residuum's post “There seems to be a very ...”
There seems to be a very large open flame very close to the puppets. How do they keep them safe from the flames?
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theerapatpa
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what language was used to present this show?
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kent_ravemaster
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does shadow puppet in chinese and bali different?
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- MINAMI
  Posted 7 years ago. Direct link to MINAMI's post “what's bali? shadow...”
  what's bali? shadow puppet isa kind of play or performance.people use light and a thin paper against the paper made puppet.quite interesting
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