A gamelan orchestra accompanies the shadow puppets' performance. The orchestra might be small, played by 4 people, or larger, being played by 15 to 20 musicians. The puppeteer plays alone and should be talented enough to change voices according to the characters of the dozens of puppets, voices of men or women, kings or clowns, Gods or demons, as well as the sounds of fire or wind. The talent of a puppeteer lies not only in his ability to present the structure of the story well, with all its necessary complex philosophical values, but also, and perhaps most importantly, in making different character voices in both serious and funny conversations.
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