Indonesian Master Puppeteer To Stage Show In Cambodia

Phnom Penh- Indonesian master puppeteer Aneng Kiswantoro will introduce the long-cherished artistic tradition of the Java island to the Khmers, English-Khmer language newspaper the Cambodia Daily said on Friday.

He will give a show of the at least 1,000-year-old art, called "wayang golek" in his country, here on Saturday.

According to the tradition, the artist performs alone to music, with 1 or 2 puppets in hands and speaking or singing relevant stories.

A veteran of 28 years old, Kiswantoro started his training with his father at five years old, at a family that has been puppeteers for seven generations.

Kiswantoro also teaches at the Indonesian Institute of Arts in Yogyakarta.

Source : XinhuaNet.com (February 20^th, 2009)
Photo credit : wesleyanargus.com (Lana)

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