PUPPET PEOPLE
Acceptance JAVA, IN SURAKARTA, CENTRAL JAVA, INDONESIA

 

Puppet people also called wayang wong (Javanese) is a puppet who is played by using the person as a character in the story of the puppet. The puppet was created by Sultan Hamangkurat I in 1731.

According to the name is called, is no longer staged puppet plays dolls with wayang (shadow puppets are usually made ​​of buffalo skin or other), but show human beings as a substitute for the puppet dolls. They wear the same clothes as the ornaments are worn on leather puppets. In order to shape the face or up their faces like shadow puppets (when viewed from the side), the puppet players often are changed / decorated his face with additional drawings or paintings.

 

 

 The puppet is a form of manifestation of the shadow play that was exhibited by humans.So the traditional performance art is a reflection of the shadow puppets. The difference is, this person can move the puppet and the dialogue itself.Functions and performances Puppet People, as well as the usual spectacle is sometimes also used to meet nadzar.As the shadow puppets, the play usually sung in Puppet People also come from the Chronicle Purwa Mahabharata and Ramayana. Art Puppet People living today is basically composed of two streams, namely Surakarta style and Yogyakarta style.Differences that exist between the two streams are mainly on intonation dialog, tan, and costumes.Dialog in the Puppet People Surakarta style is more realistic according to the level of emotion and atmosphere of the place, and the intonation is somewhat varied.Puppet People in Yogyakarta style distilisasinya dialogue in such a way and have a monotonous pattern.Almost all the groups that were found using the Puppet People Surakarta style dialog.If ever there was one difference, the difference is only occasionally found on the dance or the costume.To conduct puppet show full of people, typically necessary support as many as 35 people, composed and:(1) 20 people as a player (made up of men and women);(2) 12 people as gamelan wiraswara concurrently;(3) 2 people as waranggana;(4) 1 person as a puppeteer.The puppets in the show, which is also the mastermind behind the function of directors is not as extensive as the shadow puppets.Puppeteer move people to act as a regulator of the scene, which is characterized by mysticism voice or monologue.In the dialogue spoken by the players, there is little interference mastermind. Puppeteer only provide clues outline only. The next player, who must improvise a dialogue according to the story line that has been given by the puppeteer.The pattern of costume and make-up Puppet People adapted to the form (patron) puppet, so that the pattern we never find in everyday life. The puppet show using the concept of stage performances that are realistic.Every movement of the players performed the dance, both when entering the stage, out of the stage, the war or the other.Gamelan is also used as the shadow puppets and slendro slendro is not complete and is usually used when the slendro only.Old man puppet show is usually around 7 or 8 hours for a single act, usually done at night.Performances at noon is infrequent.Before the show began to frequently appear in the pre-show attraction in the form of dance called Extra, which has nothing to do with the main story.