Indonesia: A 'wayang kulit' shadow puppet of Semar, said to be one of three divine brothers, known for his powerful breaking of wind and insatiable hunger. Photo by Crisco 1492 (CC BY-SA License). Wayang is a Javanese word for particular kinds of theatre (literally 'shadow'). When the term is used to refer to kinds of puppet theatre, sometimes the puppet itself is referred to as wayang. Performances of shadow puppet theatre are accompanied by gamelan in Java.

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