Wayang is a form of manifestation of the shadow play that was exhibited by humans.
So wayang art is a reflection of the shadow puppets. The difference is, these people puppets can move and the dialogue itself.
Function and performances Puppet People, as well as ordinary spectacle is sometimes also used to fulfill the vow.
As in wayang kulit, the usual story sung in Wayang Babad Purwa also sourced from the Mahabharata and Ramayana. Art Puppet People who live today basically consist of two streams namely Surakarta style and Yogyakarta style.
The differences that exist between the two streams are mainly in intonation dialogue, tan, and costumes.
Dialogue in Surakarta, Wayang style is more realistic according to the level of emotion and atmosphere that occurs, and the intonation slightly vary.
In Yogyakarta Wayang style distilisasinya dialogue in such a way and has a monotonous pattern.
Almost all groups were found using the Puppet People Surakarta style dialogue.
If ever there was one difference, the difference was only found in dance or sometimes in costume.
To organize the puppet show is complete, usually needed support as many as 35 people, consisting of:
(1) 20 people as a player (made up of men and women);
(2) 12 people as concurrent wiraswara gamelan;
(3) 2 as waranggana;
(4) a person as a puppeteer.
In the Wayang performance, the puppeteer who is also a function of directors is not an area like the wayang kulit.
Puppeteer displacement of people acting as a regulator of scenes, marked by seclusion or monologue voice.
In the dialogue spoken by the players, very little interference mastermind. Dalang only provide clues outline only. Furthermore, the player himself who had to improvise with the dialogue in accordance with the flow of stories that have been granted by the puppeteer.
Patterns costume and make-up Puppet People adapted to the shape (pattern), wayang kulit, so that the pattern we never find in everyday life. Performing Puppet People use the concept of stage performances that are realistic.
Every movement of the players performed with dance, both when it entered the stage, exiting the stage, the war or the other.
Gamelan is also used as the wayang kulit is pelog and slendro and if they do not complete the slendro usually used alone.
Old man puppet show is usually around 7 or 8 hours for one play, usually performed at night.
The show at noon is rarely done.
Before the show began to frequently appear in the pre-spectacle of dance attractions are called extra, which had nothing to do with the main story.

BANYUMAS-Hall SMU Negeri 2 Purwokerto has been met by hundreds of students and teachers who sit on the floor. In this room that puppeteer Ki Sigit Aji Sabdopriyono (40), a young puppeteer who is also sister of actress Mayank Sari hold leather puppet stage with English introduction.

The students and teachers were curious about the show for the first time they see. Ki Sigit Aji Sabdopriyono, is one of the masterminds who provide new breakthrough for the world perdalangan. However, he did not abandon the existing standard.

Blood art mastermind, the decline of his father who is also a renowned puppeteer in Navan, namely Ki Sugito, who is also the biological father Mayank Sari. Ki Sigit also turned out to have been poor across mendalang in some states of the United States.

For Ki Sigit stage this time is something special. Because the puppet stage is carried out before high school students. Before she started the show, he had introduced one by one name that will be staged puppet to students,

This is done, because he believes most of these students, do not know the names of wayang kulit figure that he will bring. The introduction of the name of this puppet too, have been conducted with English language. In the show this time, Ki Sigit take plays the love story of Rama Shinta taken from the Ramayana story.

Like most leather puppet show, stage this time accompanied by a set of gamelan. Ki sigit start mendalang with two mountains as the beginning of a play. However, Java language still used when singing the song preface every scene change. Meanwhile, the dialogue between the puppet characters made with English.

The play featured this time, deliberately chosen Rama Sinta, who talked about the romance between Rama and Sinta. Ki Sigit know the true wishes of the students who watch this. Besides easier for students to digest the story, this love story is also not far from the world of high school kids. Occasionally Ki Sigit issue a joke when there is dialogue between the puppets. This is what makes the students who meet the school auditorium to laugh and feel at home follow the story.

Although the leather puppet show only lasted for one hour, but did not make the students who watch this disappointed. Because the whole story of Rama, Sinta, can be served by Ki Sigit complete. In fact, the enthusiasm shown by students watching to complete.

"Actually I do not understand all the story, this nammun bias makes me go learn English with ease," said Fruti, one of his students. Meanwhile, for Ki Sigit itself, the use of English is intended to seek new breakthroughs in the world of wayang.

"I want to raise the culture of puppets to the international stage in a way round the world to introduce a culture of wayang kult English," said Sigit. Sigit added, English puppet show this is to the 17 for him. Previously, stage puppet was doing was performed in 13 states of the United States.

Even to develop a genuine culture of Indonesia in the country, he believed to be the puppet art professor at one university in the United States.

(Saladin Ayyubi / Global / Sin)