Wayang Wong (Puppet Man)

wayang wong show

wayang wong show

Puppet man also Called wayang wong (Javanese) is a puppet Who is played by using people as characters in the story of the puppet.
In accordance with the name is Called, is no longer show puppets with the puppets puppet play (wayang kulit is usually made of buffalo leather or another), but showing Human Beings as a substitute for the puppet dolls. They wear the same clothes as Ornaments used in shadow puppets. In order to form the face or get Their faces resemble shadow puppets (Pls viewed from the side), Often times these people puppets player modified / decorated his face with additional drawings or paintings.

wayang wong show

Puppet people is a form of theater where the show area and its equipment have Followed the modern Western theater. For example, acting in the form of proscenium (one direction) and using the front screen, rear screen and a min (baffle side). Then, the stage was also using a screen setting back or side of the screen with a picture and being adapted to apply and use the lighting and stage sounds like a modern Western.
The story is staged in a wayang puppet story, but played by the cast of WHO must control the movement or dance puppet. The voice cast also must be adjusted to the role of puppet portraying. Each puppet has its own standards on speech style. Marshall And this be in accordance with Certain tones, so it is not easy to be a player people puppets. Players puppet people must be good at dancing and has a vocabulary of movement for completeness puppet play (acting) it.




In Addition to movement and dance and voice to match, players must have a puppet of any stature (syllables) in accordance with the syllables puppets portraying That have been determined by benchmark According to the classification of the puppet. For example, Such as class Ponggawa; puppet figures of this class of his large, muscular, and his expression of good-looking until the horrific Depending on the position.
Ponggawa In Addition, there are also groups have a face That handsome knight and seem fine and have a slim Physique, including also in this group is the role of women. Bertuturnya soft spoken and slow, as opposed to Ponggawa a heavy voice, firm and tone is hard for Those WHO have the nature's Wrath. In his movements there any standard benchmarks, including the pressure and energy in doing his movements in accordance with the pressure That made his voice as he spoke.
The players demonstrated WHO WHO portray characters in a puppet person charged has demonstrated proficiency in a special dance for the character in a Certain atmosphere. For example, a person or a group of soldiers Who Are Preparing to go to war or on alert, the dance was not long there is only an emphasis on Bravery and alertness, and these figures Appropriate Should Be complete with dance movement with perwatakannya pembendaharaan. Similarly, the song patterns of percussion kendangnya iringannya ESPECIALLY in the style of Sundanese wayang wong.
There are some ordinary puppet show intact long dance like a character from the character Ghatotkacha monggawa lungguh. Gatotkaca usual dance scene a little long in the standby deal with the task of maintaining security or before the battle with opponents WHO dance Called the "soldier Ghatotkacha Forward."
There was also a dance That was intact Ghatotkacha Gandrung Pls. This dance can be called That Ghatotkacha The duty to maintain the security of the country ever fell in love with a princess named Pergiwa. However, a robust Ghatotkacha not have the courage to tell her feelings to dreams, it Gives birth to a dance called "Dance Ghatotkacha Gandrung" which accompanied the song Gunungsari.
Another puppet monggawa usual nature displayed in the whole dance is King Danawa WHO was infatuated. Among these are Niwatakawaca, King Country Manimantaka, WHO loves fairy Supraba in Swargaloka. In dance he described being dressed, fix yourself, Because imagine Will meet with Goddard Supraba. Then he imagined to see and chase to be embraced by it, but in reality only in the shadow alone.
There is also a Knight of the displayed character in the whole dance, the Duke of WHO Karna was known as a Valiant knight defending the country in the Astina. Appear in the dance That She fixed herself to be on the alert That he feared nothing, without a background of a personal story but Gives the impression knight dance "Pinilih match" (no match).
Waditra to accompany the puppet show consists of a full gamelan led by a mastermind of the WHO also Kakawen, version murwa or Suluk. Medium Called Antawacana puppet monologue. However, more complete again if there is accompanying the singer, ESPECIALLY to support a particular atmosphere with singing, for instance sad scene.
Meanwhile, the nayaga expected to support with the hornet and motion dance, so That it can create a boisterous atmosphere at the battle scene for example, the which is usually filled with dance Tarung in an intact form. Here is a song sung songs Sireum Beureum fight scenes for the knights, while the figure for the fight scenes used monggawa Bendrong song.
Although the stage and equipment of the modern theater imitating the West, but the style of play is the original area, seen in terms of gaming That Is not led by the director, despite the leadership of a more general nature of his leadership. In Addition, the dialogue is used not indulge in a written script to Memorize, but more of a moment Pls it was performed alone on stage, or improvising, even though there is a Certain That dialogue has Become Standard and has Become the Standard. Dialogues were the resource persons for formerly spoken by the puppet masters, while the players just move her hand as if he spoke. However, now in the Sundanese wayang performances are also commonly Called a "puppet show", saying the dialogue Itself.
Now, the style of speech is supposed to do with the behavior of puppets, theatrical style was mixed with a somewhat different style, Actually seems a like a normal speaking style. Perhaps the only character Panakawan WHO as a comedian from the first to use force in everyday speech. Panakawan puppet figures are equal to the puppet show, namely Semar, Cepot, Gareng and Dawala. though the style of speech everyday speech, but each has its own talking. For example Semar as a father, he usually uses a particular singing style, style of speech typical Sundanese Cepot rural and somewhat humorous Because Of course like to turn to and fro, Dawala style of speaking like someone WHO was nervous a little slow and slurred speech Gareng are assertive style but rather kejawa-jawaan and speak frankly.