The last type shadow puppets are known as skateboard shadow puppets. These shadow puppets use electric lamps and laser lights to project images from a computer. The background of these performances could be sea, mountains, forests, palaces, and shops. The puppets are played behind a big, wide screen, 4 x 3 m that is twice as big as a conventional screen. In order to play the puppets in such a wide space, a puppeteer has to be assisted by 4 to 5 other puppeteers, who move around behind the screen on skateboards – hence the name.
I Made Sidia and his friends from Gianyar founded this new type of shadow puppetry after the 2002 Bali bombings. They organised several performances in Kuta and Jimbaran to assist the traumatized community through their philosophical and entertaining performances. The puppeteers have created several new characters like African Flamingoes, Sundanese rhinoceros, and even a present-day Balinese teenage girl with gyrating hips and western attitudes, all of which meet both the story line and demand of humor.
Thus, its ritual function helps 'wayang' to be maintained and performed in its sacred form but the modern era has also allowed the creativity of the puppeteer to experiment with new forms of shadow puppets. Why not try and see both kinds while on Bali and decide which you prefer?
I Made Sidia and his friends from Gianyar founded this new type of shadow puppetry after the 2002 Bali bombings. They organised several performances in Kuta and Jimbaran to assist the traumatized community through their philosophical and entertaining performances. The puppeteers have created several new characters like African Flamingoes, Sundanese rhinoceros, and even a present-day Balinese teenage girl with gyrating hips and western attitudes, all of which meet both the story line and demand of humor.
Thus, its ritual function helps 'wayang' to be maintained and performed in its sacred form but the modern era has also allowed the creativity of the puppeteer to experiment with new forms of shadow puppets. Why not try and see both kinds while on Bali and decide which you prefer?
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