Try to watch ads again enigmatic Malaysia, before Pendet Dance it comes up with a long duration of shadow puppets Bhima, the Pandava-2 after Yudhistira, Does Javanese puppets with original characters were also claimed by Indonesia Malaysia?
Do shadow puppets from sriwijaya Empire?. So far, I have never heard the history of shadow puppets from Srivijaya empire (previously used to differentiate between products with shadow puppets Ramayana and Mahabharata stories that are derived from Hindu sacred stories of India). The term was first puppet written in the inscription Balitung year from 898 to 910 BC, the period mataram hindu (Ancient Mataram):
sigaligi mawayang buat hyang, macarita bhima ya kumara
(his translation kasaran roughly like this: hold the puppet to the bima hyang told about the kumara)
from where the term was first recorded puppet, so that if there are claims of cultural products malaysia called puppets, please show the original inscription which mentions malaysia puppet culture from their country. The question is: if Malaysia could try to show proof of their past history? there are still ways that are not laudable, namely to pursue the ancient manuscripts of the kingdom wither in the Riau Islands, which still exist among the people (outside the museum)
actual literary scholars since the days have given mataram hindu culture and traces their copyright, by writing in the ancient scriptures speak Kawi (old Javanese) and Sanskrit, among others, composed by the Ramayana into the ancient Javanese language, the Mahabharata was composed in the era of King Darmawangsa,
In Centhini book revealed evidence that the era puppet majapahit ox drawn on paper. Is the paper that cow? It is likely the beginning of wayang beber. then how about wayang kulit product?
shadowgraph was derived from buffalo skin with tweezers buffalo horn starts to the time of Islamic kingdom of Demak (kingdom after majapahit Hindu dynasty ended). Use of buffalo skin due to respect hindu religious people who refused to slaughter cows. Scenario play by Sunan Bonang, Sunan Kalijaga that turns wood into banana stems to stick puppets, using puppets box, using the mountains, and use the torch (blencong) to form a shadow effect behind the scenes.
Why puppets get to Malaysia?we remember that in the era of power majapahit grand vizier Gajah Mada, Indonesia could reach, malaysia, to Thailand? for shadow puppets that began there in the era of Islamic kingdom of Demak could spread to mainland Malaysia because it was already there to expand the power of Malacca, Prince Pati Unus proven, tried to attack the Portuguese in Malacca, is already a relationship and Javanese cultural penetration of the Demak kingdom Malaysia.
What makes Malaysia can not claim as a shadow puppet creations indigenous cultures of Malaysia, is because in addition to background evidence is not strong history, Malaysia is also not be able to explain the high value of philosophy in every stroke carved leather puppets, because each sculpture has meaning, each color has meaning puppet costumes, including the mountains that have a high philosophical values, typical of the work sunan Kalijaga.
is Malaysia still claimed javanese puppet? how the culture of other cultures that threatened claimed?. Please contact the ministries of Tourism and Culture art to register a variety of cultural products in your area, because so far these registrations must be active, and let's see how fast data collection of cultural rights in this country.
"Do not ever leave the history" (Soekarno)
* Compiled from various sources
