Balinese shadow theater

Name: Balinese shadow theater
Uploaded: 2015-03-04T18:59:30Z
Description: Watch an excerpt from the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata. Performed Shadowmaster I Wayan Nartha.

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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
Posted 8 years ago. Direct link to theerapatpa's post “what language was used to...”
what language was used to present this show?
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Cat lover
Posted 4 months ago. Direct link to Cat lover's post “I wonder what the puppets...”
I wonder what the puppets are made of?
They look quite interesting, with lots of joints to create movement
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BARAAHA
Posted 7 months ago. Direct link to BARAAHA's post “I noticed that there very...”
I noticed that there very large open flame very close to the puppets. I wonder if any of them have ever gotten burned while doing the dance.
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kent_ravemaster
Posted 9 years ago. Direct link to kent_ravemaster's post “does shadow puppet in chi...”
does shadow puppet in chinese and bali different?
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- MINAMI
  Posted 8 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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