Wayang (from Javanese ꦮꦪꦁ, wayang (in the ngoko register), ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀ (in the krama register), Balinese: ᬯᬬᬂ, Sundanese: ᮝᮚᮀcode: sun promoted to code: su , ultimately from Old Javanese wayaṅ) is a traditional Java-origin (dramatic) performance in which a story is represented (by puppets, by dancers) invented by the indigenous Javans (the Javanese and Sundanese) — the Native Indonesian ethnic groups. The term wayang refers both to the show as a whole and the puppet in particular.
Wayang (from Javanese ꦮꦪꦁ, wayang (in the ngoko register), ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀ (in the krama register), Balinese: ᬯᬬᬂ, Sundanese: ᮝᮚᮀcode: sun promoted to code: su , ultimately from Old Javanese wayaṅ) is a traditional Java-origin (dramatic) performance in which a story is represented (by puppets, by dancers) invented by the indigenous Javans (the Javanese and Sundanese) — the Native Indonesian ethnic groups. The term wayang refers both to the show as a whole and the puppet in particular.
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