Performance and Storytelling
Wayang Golek: Sundanese Puppetry and Storytelling in West Java
Discover how wooden puppets, dalang, singers, and gamelan bring Sundanese stories to life in West Java.
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What Is a Badik? Bugis and Makassar Blades from South Sulawesi
A badik is a short South Sulawesi blade associated with Bugis and Makassar society, heirloom memory, formal dress, and regional identity.
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What Is the Role of Pancasila in Indonesian Society Today?
Pancasila remains Indonesia's shared civic foundation, linking constitutional ideals, legal reasoning, education, public ritual, and debates over unity in a diverse republic.
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Weapons, Rank, and Courtly Display in Precolonial Indonesia
This article explores how elite blades in precolonial Indonesian courts communicated rank, refinement, dynastic memory, and ceremonial authority as much as martial readiness.
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Wayang Kulit and the Javanese Worldview: Symbolism, Morality, and Spirit
Wayang kulit in Java has long functioned as more than entertainment, offering a performance language through which audiences reflect on symbolism, moral character, social order, and the unseen dimensions of life.
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Wayang Kulit Symbolism: Hidden Meanings in Shadow and Story
Wayang kulit communicates moral, cosmological, and social ideas through shadow, puppet design, staging, and story. Its symbolism lies not in one fixed code, but in the layered relationship between visual convention, performance context, and inherited narrative.
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