Balinese Arts - Dance and Wayang Puppets

 

 

Images of Rangda by Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead, ca. 1930s 

Rangda (witch that feeds on the corpses of children) and Barong (birth spirit of all the village children)

Wayang

Javanese Wayang Kulit (shadow puppet) performance by a famous Indonesian dalang (puppet master) Ki Manteb Sudharsono, is usually a whole night long. 31 July 2010(2010-07-31)

Wayang

Balinese Wayang shadow-puppet, early 20th century

Bali Wayang

Balinese Wayang Shadow Puppets (8 min., clip from Three Worlds of Bali; YouTube clip)

 

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