Leather puppet show put on at mall

Leather puppet show put on at mall

SEMARANG: To make the traditional leather puppet show performance, or wayang kulit, more popular among the young generation, the Indonesian Puppeteers Association of Central Java held a wayang kulit performance at a mall.

Held on the ground floor of Matahari Plasa in Simpang Lima, Semarang on Monday, the performance started at 10 a.m. and finished at 4 p.m., featuring noted puppeteer Ki Enthus Susmono of Tegal, Central Java.

Four other puppeteers presented condensed versions of a wayang performance that day.

They were Ki Sri Joko Raharjo presenting the Pandhawa Dhadhu (Pandhawa playing dice) story, Ni Sri Harti with Basudewa Grogol story, Ki Tri Luwih Winarto with cerita Laire Tetuka (The birth of Tetuko) story, and Ki Bremana Sekar Wangsa with Dewa Ruci story.

A modern, innovative puppet performance wayang golek semi was performed by puppeteer Ki Firman Haryo Susilo who presented a story entitled Badri Tidak Naik Kelas (Badri fails the class), which ended the performance on Monday. -- JP