Wayang

Wayang is an original puppet show that berkebang Indonesia in Java and Bali. UNESCO is the agency that oversees the culture of the United Nations, on 7 November 2003 set a puppet as a shadow puppet show famous of Indonesia, a masterpiece of world heritage is invaluable in the art of spoken (Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity). Actually, puppet shows not only in Indonesia. Many countries have a puppet show. However, performing shadow puppet (Wayang) in Indonesia have said and keunikkan own style, which is a genuine masterpiece of Indonesia. And to put it into the UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2003.There was no evidence to show wayang existed before Hinduism spread in South Asia. Chance of performing arts brought by Indian traders. However, the local genius, culture that existed before the entry of Hindus converge with the development of performing arts coming to give its own color on the performing arts in Indonesia. Until now, the early records that can be obtained about the puppet show comes from the inscription Balitung in Century 4, which reads "the Galigi mawayang"When Hindus go to Indonesia and adjust the existing culture, performing arts is becoming an effective medium to spread the Hindu religion, where the puppet show using the story of Ramayana and Mahabharata.Similarly, when the advent of Islam, when a show featuring "God" or "god" in human beings is prohibited, munculah puppets made of cowhide, which is just as watchable performances imagining, which we now know as shadow puppets.To propagate, grow as well as puppets Sadat introduce Islamic values.Even when a Catholic missionary, Father Timotheus L. Wignyosubroto SJ in 1960 to spread Catholicism in its mission to develop Puppet Revelation, which is the source of the story comes from the Bible.