Puppet in JAVA Wayang

wayang is a show that is shown by the audience with entertaining purposes.Wayang have two types of people and the puppet shadow play. wayang man is performing as the main actor is the person's own, with like the puppet costume so that people can not recognize his face. shadow puppets played by an object like a doll, but made of leather puppets and shapes as so-called wayang kulit.
About the origins of the emergence of a puppet in Indonesia, there are various opinions from experts that can be used as a guide. According to history books in the library of Old Javanese Sultanate palace Ngayogyakarta, leather puppet show their origins using simple equipment, but the original standard are still regenerative until now, namely by using buffalo leather puppet carved by chisel, using color, blencong, kepyak, boxes etc. According to historians Sultan's Palace also known clairvoyant, puppet art has certainly come, and is the work of the archipelago nation, Indonesia alias for the original people in Java. This puppet arts started there since long before the Hindu culture came. Puppet arts at first is a form of Old Javanese ritual, or sacred ceremonies associated with the belief system of that time, ie to go "Gusti Murbeng Dumadi" (God the creator of the universe). Puppet ceremonies performed at night by a medium who allegedly called the warrant or done by the head of the family. Play that was held to take the stories of the ancestors or the ancestors. This ceremony is intended to call and communicate with the spirits of ancestors. The goal is to seek help (prayer) and his blessing if the family would begin a hunger or a task, so when it is finished running some heavy duty. The ceremony is expected puppet Neolithikum arise at the time, or at ± 1500 years BC. In the process, the ceremony is then done by an artist who is a professional puppet, the puppeteer.

Invisibility in Determination Wirayat Lakon
In determining a play for puppet, a puppeteer can not own volition in deciding what to play brought. He is determined by several factors.
Among them are the following:

1. Type of puppet used as a demonstration tool.
2. Beliefs surrounding communities.
3. Purposes of holding the show.

Equipment in Puppet Performance :

1. Blencong: coconut oil lamp to illuminate the screen.
2. Masterminds / Dalang (in JAVA): People who run the puppet-play.
3. Color /kelir (in JAVA): banana Gedebok used to stick puppets.
4. Puppet / Wayang(in JAWA): A type of two-dimensional puppets are moved by puppeteers.
5. Gamelan : the traditional Javanese musical instruments to accompany the performances.
6. Musician /Niaga (in JAVA): People who plays the gamelan.
7. Play /lakon (in JAVA) : Plot or title.
8. Slashes/ Sabetan (in JAVA) : Motion carried puppet movements Dalang.
9. Beber : Screen to capture the shadow puppets in the arena slashes.
10. Waranggana or sinden : vocalist tim tembang in the puppet stage.
11. Panyumping : Assistant assists the mastermind who prepare Ubo rampe and help sort puppet.
12. Kothak / Pethi : wooden box to store and puppets who have not been shown.

Puppet /wayang (in JAVA) has two dimensions, if viewed properly from behind the scenes should play. Yampak is a black silhouette of the shadow puppets. Wayang is the soul, or jiwànggà, soul ing antlers manjing the soul in the body. While shadow puppets behind a screen beber or the proverbial "real teacher" or a true soul.

Screen / kelir (in JAVA) is gěděbok (trunk) of banana trees. If not used anymore to stick puppets, then the screen will be thrown into foul-smelling stuff and there's no point, then back into the ground. Screen is like our body or bodies are used as a place of our soul die. Bodies are used as a spirit medium in order to do something in wadag měrcapada dimension (earth).
Beber also called a white screen with no stains. Mercàpàdà or an image of the real world is a sacred place. In any place, area, region, country, continent it is a holy place. If there are no holy places, or considered black or dirty valley, in fact only a subjective assessment of human or just a dirty, not the earth where they stand. Screen as a picture of the earth, became the stage play "play life" puppets.

Pěthi wooden box to store the puppets that have not been issued or a puppet of the dead. Puppet characters who have died, have left kelirnya and entered by the mastermind pěthi into the box. Pethi proverbial grave. If you would burrow serem graves, for not understanding the meaning of the grave. Actual grave small door, dark, stuffy and cramped, but a "corridor" or the entrance to the faerie ancestors bright and wonderful.
Puppeteer / Dalang (in JAVA) is a person who merely run stories (theater) puppet who has been there before. However, the puppeteer must understand the true standard gamelan, wayang characters, twisted tembang, each person and wiyaga waranggana or sinden. Dalang be storyteller, as well as a leader or a command for the whole team together to run the play "stage of life" puppets. Compactness occurs when the waranggana or sinden, wiyaga, and assistant puppeteer to understand exactly how the story plays, live it and how desires for melakonkan Dalang wayang.

Blencong a torch light located in front of the screen, above the Ki Dalang sitting cross-legged. Blencong using coconut oil fuel, so that the flame is relatively long, clean flame, smell fragrant and tasty, too. Philosophy of life blencong revelation for instance, or the real atma turn all of life, for instance light cahya blencong true. Blencong from Hyang Widhi that indescribable in wayang performance. Saka wahananing asale Blencong Gusti Murbeng Dumadi Kang. Light cahya blencong is true, illuminating the entire leather puppet, which covers the whole universe Gumelar. Cahya true, illuminating the puppets (the true soul), illuminates the Dalang and color. Blencong and the light is like sratumarga Ian cahya. That instance Bethara Nurrada and Bethàrà Teja (Antàgà). Cahya true, the light penetrated into the life of the body, outside and inside, under and above, comes from the All Life atma true, his form was derived from Mahamulya Hyang. Being his form into the All Single. Ora ana kajàbà THE Maha Tunggal NYAWIJI Kang Maha Tunggal.

Duke Karna was the son of the Goddess Kunti, the daughter of King Kuntiboja in Madura. When young he named Suryaputra. When Kunti was a virgin goddess she was pregnant because having knowledge of Begawan Druwasa, and science should not be uttered in the sun (during the day). If spoken in the sun it will be. pregnant. But the Goddess. Kunti forget the ban, then became pregnant. By the help Begawan Druwasa, content can be born out of the ear hole, then given the child was named Karna (karna means ear). Diaku Karna Hyang adopted by Surya. Karna was born last time he was found dumped by King Radea, king of Petapralaya, children continue to be recognized and given the name Radeaputra.

Puno Kawan

Punakawan is a typical character in Javanese wayang in Indonesia. Punokawan between puppet characters in the physical form with the other one is different and played behavior of the puppet-play.

1. Semar (Hyang Ismaya) round shape with a character who has his power over the gods. Semar is the caretaker of Pendawa.
2. Gareng with the existing character in itself is a playful, cheerful, less good at speaking, once a king in Paranggumiwang.
3. Bagong with similar character Semar in physical form, but the cumbersome nature of having fun, sassy and play dumb. Bagong Semar form of shadows, he descended from the gods who descended on earth.
4. Petruk with physical forms of long nose, thin and her face was always cheerful with a character he likes to quip lack truth-joke joke, Petruk had become king in the country he is said Ngrancang Kencana ajimat KALIMASADA run.

Pandawa Lima

Here is the mastermind of the first collection of puppets Pandavas / Pandawa lima. Pandavas were the descendants of Raden second wife of Pandu from the goddess Dewi Kunti and Madri. Starting with the younger Pandavas during which at that time they were named (starting from the oldest) :

1. Raden Puntadewa, better known by the name of Yudhisthira.
2. Raden Bratasena, better known Bima.
3. Raden Pamade, which is more known by the name of Arjuna.
4. Raden Nakula, because twins used the puppet is the same.
5. Raden Sahadewa, because twins used the puppet is the same.

Raden Puntadewa Time teens name was changed to King Yudhisthira
King Yudhisthira a king in Amarta, son of King Pandudewanata, is the eldest Pandava. In his youth named Puntadewa. Yudhisthira one who, until the patient is bleeding white people because he was never angry. Because of the nature, Yudhisthira avoid the danger. Baratayudha Yudhisthira in battle commander was appointed, but very annoying his brothers because he had never fought. Yudhishthira and the Pandavas brothers all died with perfect Baratayudha postbellum.

Raden Bratasena teenager at the time changed its name to Raden Wrekodara, Wrekudara is the name of Raden Bratasena as adults, by changing clothes and curled decorated by the Goddess Durga. Wrekudara a powerful and strong, his weapon is his own nails called Pancanaka. Nail it infinitely sharp, sharp, seven times razor sharp. In addition, wind power has Wrekudara capable of dismantling the mountain. He never walked slowly. When walking he jumped, far jumps seven times the vision of an elephant. Wrekudara always uphold the honor of the Pandavas and slogan die one dead. He'd be a king enthroned in Gilingwesi, and named Tuguwasesa. During the war with Baratayudha he Duryudana. In Sridenta play, at war with Wrekudara Raden Prahu Sridenta, a king of Jumapala, Raden slammed by Wrekudara lose up to half his body Sridenta into the earth, which can then be rescued by the Raden Arjuna, may be expelled from the earth.
At the time young, was named Bratasena, he married a daughter named Goddess Nagagini Anantaboga Hyang daughter, and had a son Raden Antasena. Time the daughter was pregnant by Bratasena left. After the child was an adult, he was on ramandanya Face, but not acknowledged, recognized also as long as he can defeat the power Wrekudara. Wrekudara arrested by Antasena until he could not move, then he recognized Wrekudara son. Wrekudara powerful knight with wind power, could not be resisted. But the two sons are actually more powerful than him, namely Antareja and Ghatotkacha. To sign a miracle that the two sons, fought with the duel, battle one on one. Wrekudara lost. But with the second defeat of his son Wrekudara it even boasts a sense of child Wrekudara called Leonardo, is the most powerful kid.

Raden Permade when replaced with a teenager named Raden Arjuna. Raden Pamade a Pandava the middle or the third, the son of Pandu Prague, was also named Arjuna, Danajaya, Panduputra, etc.. As an adult he was named Arjuna or Janaka. Pamade a magic because some supernatural power of Vishnu Hyang fell to him (while the others fell on the King Krishna). Pamade can fly in the clouds, can disappear in the light etc.. But some people think that these things are just a metaphor. Pamede also regarded as the man most males in this world by God. So he a wife in many places. Kings, priests, and God is always asking for help. Arjuna has a defect in his right hand fingers finger two. Origin of one's finger is the finger of a king in the name of King Palgunadi Paranggelung. When King Palgunadi forced to release the ring by Danghyang Drona (Palgunadi teacher) until his finger off. Then submitted to Arjuna. After the ring with your index finger were attached to Arjuna.

Raden Nakula, Sahadewa Both knights are twin brothers, sons of Pandu from the empress Madrim, brother of King Shalya, Madraka king. Nakula and Sadewa time a child named Pinten and Tangsen. They are the two last Pandava brothers. Loyalty both to the three other siblings who had no change. All five of the same conviction, is a unity. When war raged almost Baratayudha, Pandavas felt fear war with the powerful King Shalya and patient's. But by the wisdom of Sri Krishna, and Sahadev Nakula facing King Shalya sent to defuse anger lust. Therefore, Shalya not have the heart hostile to the Pandavas, because remember Nakula. and nephew Sadewa children. Baratayudha So when the war broke out, King Shalya fought without spirit.

Family Hastinapura

The family ancestors Hastinapura Pandawa lima. If according to the above series, the Pandava family tree is as follows. Starting from King Krishna Dwipayana who has three wives namely Ambika, and endowed with Destarata Raden, then Ambalika, which the son of Raden karuniai Pandu and Niken datri finally, the blessed son Yamawidura. After parents, King Krishna Dwipayana resign from the royal Hastinapura and changed its name to Abiyasa Begawan.

1. Resi Bisma, Grandfather of the Pandavas / pandawa.
2. Dahyang Durna, Teacher of Pandavas and Kauravas / kurawa.
3. Raden Dewabrata, Grandfather of Pandavas and Kauravas, better known as Bhishma Dewabrata.
   
4. Raden Yamawidura, Uncle of the Pandavas and the Kauravas, who became an adviser.
5. Raden Destarata, The father of the Kauravas /Kurawa.
6. Pandu Dewanata, The father of the Pandavas / Pandawa.
7. Prabu Kresnadwipayana, Grandfather of Pandavas / Pandawa and Kauravas / Kurawa, the father of Scout and Destarata.