Wayang Kulit
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content: Local Number= HSFA 1994.20.6
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content: Peace Corps film collection
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content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 507 feet)
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dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
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content: Archival materials
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content: Film reels
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content: Edited film documents a travelling puppet show in Malaysia. The puppet show, Wayang Kulit, travels from village to village performing Hindu stories for the children of each village. Footage documents the process of erecting a stage, warming up before the program, and performing the blessing prior to the start of the show. The stories take many nights to perform and footage includes scenes performed from one story. Footage also includes the process of making each puppet.

Legacy Keywords: Art religious Asia ; Production musical and theatrical Asia ; Puppet shows Asia ; Artisans skilled Asia ; Craftsmanship pride in Asia ; Story tellers Asia ; History oral, as a method Asia ; Religious beliefs inculcation of Asia ; Blessings Asia ; Drums as musical instruments Asia ; Rice as a crop Asia ; Malays (Asian people) ; Hindi ; Ow Kheng Law, associate producer ; S. Lawrence, photographer ; Noni Wright, writer ; John Nettleton, editor ; Tan Kay Choon, sound ; Tom Hodge, production ; Hussain, Zain Director