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As colonial scholars at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries surmised, the traditional Java shadow theatre, i.e. wayang kulit, probably originated from animistic rituals of prehistoric Java. According to the myth recounting its beginnings, god Wisnu, who had descended on earth as dhalang Kandhabuwana, was the first puppeteer. The story of wayang’s beginnings told in the Murwakala lakon is also...
1965 is the date that has been disregarded in the recent history of Indonesia and the world. Gerakan 30 September (30th September Movement), self-appointed organization consisting of representatives of the Indonesian army carried out a failed coup on October 1, 1965, killing six generals. The same day evening the Movement fell and Partai Komunis Indonesia (Indonesian Communist Party) was blamed. In...
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