Yogyakarta

Bali Flores Irian Jaya Java Komodo Moluka Moluka islands Selayar Sulawesi Palopo, Sulawesi Sumatra Surabaya Tingall, Java Toraja Yogyakarta

Yogyakarta

More about Batik

 

marking the cloth

 

Batik made with pen application of wax.
  The cloth is then dyed, pigmenting the areas not covered with wax.
When the wax is removed the cloth shows the design applied.

 

Batik made with Block Print application of Wax.

 

block printing

 

pen applying the wax

 

 

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Gamelan ensemble

A Javanese gamelan ensemble is primarily composed of percussion instruments and features metallophones (metal xylophones) and knobbed gongs. Gamelan performances often emphasize the collective nature of music, with individual parts combining to form a complex whole.

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gamelan demonstration at hotel

 

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Shadow Puppets

In shadow puppetry the shadows or translucent silhouettes of two- or three-dimensional figures are cast onto a white fabric screen. Usually the audience sits on one side of the screen while the puppeteer manipulates the puppets on the other side of the screen in front of a light source.

 

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audience side of the screen

 

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the musician must play for hours as the shadow puppet play proceeds

 

gamelan orchestra

 

 

instruments covered

 

 

inscription on a cannon

 

 

 

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