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Film, Video Experimental Shadow Theater in Contemporary Bali, Indonesia

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Title

  • Experimental Shadow Theater in Contemporary Bali, Indonesia

Summary

  • In recent years, several dalang (shadow masters) in both Bali and Java have presented reinterpreted shadow puppet performances of ancient Indonesian texts as part of considering religious pluralism and tolerance. It is within these texts, produced between 1100 and 1400 A.D. by the Javanese Hindu-Buddhist sages Mpu Kunturan and Mpu Tantular, that the Indonesian national motto bhineka tunggal ika (unity in diversity) first appeared. Cosponsored with the Indonesian Embassy, Education and Culture Section.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Asian Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2017-10-18.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Education
  • -  Government, World Affairs
  • -  Religion
  • -  shadow theater, shadow puppets, indonesia, bali, java, hinduism, buddhism

Notes

  • -  Classification: Auxiliary Sciences of History.
  • -  Classification: Fine Arts.
  • -  Classification: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation.
  • -  Classification: Language and Literature.
  • -  Classification: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion.
  • -  Andy McGraw, Gusti Sudarta.
  • -  Recorded on 2017-10-18.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021690634

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Asian Division. Experimental Shadow Theater in Contemporary Bali, Indonesia. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-18, 2017. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021690634/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Asian Division, S. B. (2017) Experimental Shadow Theater in Contemporary Bali, Indonesia. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-18. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021690634/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Asian Division. Experimental Shadow Theater in Contemporary Bali, Indonesia. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-18, 2017. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021690634/>.