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352: 122: 25: 338: 274:, in which meditation is carried out naked at night while immersed up to the neck in water. Such practices are felt to be essential in building up the stamina to perform for nine hours at a stretch. A further ascetic element is that dhalangs never eat during the performance, although almost all drink sweet tea and many also smoke heavily. 260:, and sometimes acting as an accompanying musician or as an assistant puppeteer. He would also frequently end up marrying his master's daughter, who would have been trained as a gendér player by her mother. The social aspects of the dalang caste are covered in Victoria Clara van Groenendael's book 255:
performances. The sons of dalangs were often apprenticed out around the age of 13 to another dhalang. His role included helping to set up the screen ahead of a performance, performing the afternoon show before a main all-night
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Much of the traditional training of dhalangs was in the form of a practical apprenticeship, with a certain amount of spiritual training thrown in. This included meditation and a form of ascetic exercise known as
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falls into three main areas - musical, vocal, and puppetry. The musical aspects include the direction and cueing of the gamelan and the singing of mood-setting songs (
297: 219:, into which the sharpened control rods of the puppets can be pushed to keep them in position during the performance. To his left is the puppet chest ( 42: 409: 108: 89: 61: 46: 68: 316:) and the extemporisation of dialogue showing mastery of Javanese linguistic etiquette, while the puppetry itself ( 226:
In addition to moving the puppets and speaking their lines, the dalang is also responsible for giving cues to the
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stretched on a wooden frame. Above his head, hanging from beams attached to the top of the screen is the lamp (
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370: 211:), which projects the shadows onto the screen. In front of the dhalang is a stage ( 195: 126: 121: 216: 24: 333: 285: 178: 247: 375: 308: 251:, an instrument that has a particularly important role in accompanying 227: 337: 365: 312:), the vocal includes the recitation of set texts at scene-openings ( 277:
In recent times, however, schools teaching a standardized version of
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is also taught at Indonesian state institutions such as the
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have been founded, such as the Habirandha school within the
439:. Yogyakarta, Yayasan Habirandha (Habirandha Foundation). 288:. The Habirandha school published its textbook, the 49:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 402:Dictionary of Traditional Southeast Asian Theatre 326:in English by Roger Long (see Further reading). 238:) with a wooden mallet held in the left hand. 8: 298:Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta 137:, with the story "Gathutkaca Winisuda", in 230:. This is done principally by playing the 215:), traditionally made from the trunk of a 16:Puppeteer in Indonesian wayang performance 109:Learn how and when to remove this message 393:Clara van Groenendael, Victoria (1985). 141:, to commemorate the anniversary of the 416:Javanese Shadow Plays, Javanese Selves 129:performance by the Indonesian notable 7: 47:adding citations to reliable sources 199:, the dalang sits behind a screen ( 14: 350: 336: 23: 34:needs additional citations for 1: 418:. Princeton University Press. 400:Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof (1994). 395:The Dalang Behind the Wayang 262:The Dalang Behind the Wayang 404:. Oxford University Press. 492: 437:Pedhalangan Ngayogyakarta 290:Pedhalangan Ngayogyakarta 162: 435:Mudjanattistomo (1977). 292:, in 1976. Standardized 423:Javanese Shadow Puppets 58:"Dalang" puppeteer 456:Joglosemar wayang page 451:NIU page on the dalang 172: 146: 139:Bentara Budaya Jakarta 432:. Umi Research Press. 421:Keeler, Ward (1992). 414:Keeler, Ward (1987). 241:The art of puppetry ( 124: 428:Long, Roger (1982). 193:In a performance of 43:improve this article 397:. Dordrecht, Foris. 264:(Dordrecht, 1985). 147: 135:Manteb Soedharsono 119: 118: 111: 93: 483: 381:Javanese culture 360: 358:Indonesia portal 355: 354: 353: 346: 341: 340: 203:) made of white 166: 133:(puppet master) 114: 107: 103: 100: 94: 92: 51: 27: 19: 491: 490: 486: 485: 484: 482: 481: 480: 461: 460: 447: 442: 389: 387:Further reading 356: 351: 349: 342: 335: 332: 115: 104: 98: 95: 52: 50: 40: 28: 17: 12: 11: 5: 489: 487: 479: 478: 473: 463: 462: 459: 458: 453: 446: 445:External links 443: 441: 440: 433: 426: 419: 412: 398: 390: 388: 385: 384: 383: 378: 373: 368: 362: 361: 347: 344:Theatre portal 331: 328: 117: 116: 31: 29: 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 488: 477: 474: 472: 469: 468: 466: 457: 454: 452: 449: 448: 444: 438: 434: 431: 427: 424: 420: 417: 413: 411: 407: 403: 399: 396: 392: 391: 386: 382: 379: 377: 374: 372: 369: 367: 364: 363: 359: 348: 345: 339: 334: 329: 327: 325: 321: 320: 315: 311: 310: 305: 301: 299: 295: 291: 287: 284: 280: 275: 273: 272: 265: 263: 259: 254: 250: 249: 244: 239: 237: 233: 229: 224: 222: 218: 214: 210: 206: 202: 198: 197: 191: 190:performance. 189: 188: 184: 180: 176: 175: 170: 165: 160: 156: 152: 144: 140: 136: 132: 128: 123: 113: 110: 102: 91: 88: 84: 81: 77: 74: 70: 67: 63: 60: –  59: 55: 54:Find sources: 48: 44: 38: 37: 32:This article 30: 26: 21: 20: 436: 429: 422: 415: 410:967 653032 8 401: 394: 371:Wayang kulit 323: 317: 313: 307: 303: 302: 293: 289: 278: 276: 269: 266: 261: 257: 252: 246: 242: 240: 235: 225: 220: 212: 208: 200: 196:wayang kulit 194: 192: 185: 173: 163: 154: 150: 148: 130: 127:wayang kulit 105: 96: 86: 79: 72: 65: 53: 41:Please help 36:verification 33: 304:Pedhalangan 294:pedhalangan 279:pedhalangan 243:pedhalangan 217:banana tree 465:Categories 286:Yogyakarta 183:Indonesian 169:Indonesian 99:April 2024 69:newspapers 179:puppeteer 177:) is the 330:See also 209:blencong 159:Javanese 471:Gamelan 376:Sulukan 324:sabetan 319:sabetan 309:sulukan 271:kungkum 228:gamelan 164:dhalang 151:dhalang 83:scholar 476:Wayang 425:. OUP. 408:  366:Wayang 314:kandha 283:Kraton 258:wayang 253:wayang 248:gendér 232:kepyak 205:cotton 187:wayang 181:in an 174:dalang 155:dalang 145:daily. 143:Kompas 131:dalang 85:  78:  71:  64:  56:  236:kotak 221:kotak 213:debog 201:kelir 90:JSTOR 76:books 406:ISBN 149:The 125:The 62:news 153:or 45:by 467:: 300:. 171:: 167:; 161:: 157:( 112:) 106:( 101:) 97:( 87:· 80:· 73:· 66:· 39:.

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