Wayang Kulit - Bu Harni - Man Vs Horse, Man Vs Bike

Bu Harni, a wonderful woman dalang (shadow puppeteer) died mid March 2006. She was a formitable person and held her own in what is generally reguarded as a man's profession. Here is a bit of non-verbal puppetry that got a lot of laughs one night in Surakarta, Java nearly 20 years ago.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Shadow
• puppets
• wayang
• kulit
• puppet
• gamelan
• Java
• Indonesia
• humor

[dewa1313]

heheheh I am. And I am interested in wayang kulit performance. I looked for wayang video for a long time, perhaps you can help me with that.thanks, btw orang indo juga?

[MCPetruk]

bukan, orang bule. I don't understand, why don't you just GO to a wayang? They are are all over Java! Mantep, Anom, Purbo are all performing! Go! Bring a Video camera. I wish I was in Java - I would go to wayang as much as possible.

[dewa1313]

Ic ic, actually speaking javanese is not a problem for me. that's why I'm asking the full version, but it's alright. thank's for sharing tho. Just wondering, where can I get the vcd or dvd of wayang performance..

[MCPetruk]

I do have a lot of Wayang video - are you in Indonesia?

[crosiere]

nice performance, do you have the full version of it?n can i get it? thanks..^^

[MCPetruk]

Full performance is 8 hours long! And no, I don't have a copy. Very little of a wayang is this kind of pantomime - most is talking - and you'd need to speak Javanese to understand...

[Foxtrotfan]

This made my night- I was laughing like mad. Terima kasih :D

[crocidilemanxy]

cool that has helped me alot on my project thx

it is very intresting

[jalanmiri]

bagus elok!

Terima kasih banyak-banyak

[sambagurl]

Hi. I love this video. I'm writing a paper about the use of technology in wayang kulit performances for one of my masters seminar courses at the University of Toronto. I have a couple of questions for you about this video clip. Where was it filmed? Was this a performance for tourists or was is associated with ceremony? Do you know where the dalang received her training? Is this a travelling scene? Do you know if this story was part of a larger epic? Thank you so much for this video!

[Gobten]

I love this

[yasinthok]

cool broo..!!!

[HryMuscle]

Wayang itu enak sekali! Terima kasih atasnya.

[bored531]

I thought it was great, but I that there was more arm and leg movement... other than the pump part =P

[wayah001]

dear mcpetruk,thank's a lot for sharing, love it, hope you posting more in the future,we've been waiting&praying for this,well,we grew up with it,must heard wayang before sleep,never leave wayanglive until 'tancep kayon'[much to our father/brother disgust & it's oddity for gal to enjoy it]we're sorry about bu harni,wish we knew her better,how about pak anom/mantep next?,best regards

[lainieyeoh]

actually, it'd be cool to hear how she does the voices - i've never watched wayang performed by a women before. how's the popularity of wayang in indonesia? 'Fraid we have a saying going around in msia, "Our traditional arts aren't dying, they're being buried alive". Sigh.