Wayang comes to the CSIS

Wayang comes to the CSIS

JAKARTA (JP): The Center for Strategic and International
Studies (CSIS) will stage a shadow puppet play this evening from
8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

The play, entitled Bagaswati and Narasoma, is from the
Mahabharata epic and will be presented in English by puppeteer
Suhartoyo, a former Indonesian ambassador to London.

This is the story of Pujawati, the only child of priest
Bagaspati of the Hargobelah monastery. In her dream, she meets
Narasoma and falls in love with him. She asks her father to find
him and arrange for their marriage.

Meanwhile, Narasoma is looking for the woman of his life. He
meets Bagaspati, who asks him to marry his daughter. Narasoma
refuses and is exiled to Hargobelah. There, he falls in love with
Pujawati and marries her.

But that is not the end of the story, because Bagaspati
develops doubts in Narasoma. The real drama starts after Narasoma
kills Bagaspati.

This three-act show will take place at CSIS building, Jl.
Tanah Abang III/23-27, Central Jakarta. For information, call
380-9637(-40). (lem)