Wayang kulit expert Che Mohd Nasir Yusoff, better known as Pak Nasir, says the stories of shadow puppetry mirror the many shades of human behaviour. (Bernama pic) Beyond the silhouettes of puppets ...

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KUALA LUMPUR: Princess Leia bends down and slips a disk containing the plans for the Death Star battle station into R2-D2. And next comes C-3PO, bursting onto the scene looking for the astromech droid ...

Mesmerising: Pak Cu taking his audience on a journey of rich storytelling. One of my favourite Muzium Negara exhibits as a child was the flat-as-pancakes wayang kulit puppets depicting dramatic ...

Mohd Jufry with some of the wayang kulit characters in his collection. Photos: The Star/Zhafaran Nasib Throughout the month of Ramadan, Tok Dalang Mohd Jufry Yusoff, 61, has been shuttling between his ...

When you think of wayang kulit (shadow puppet performance), you probably imagine a shadow puppet performance telling traditional stories, like tales from the Ramayana and Mahabharata. But in Malaysia, ...

That's Fusion Wayang Kulit for you, an award-winning troupe out of Kuala Lumpur that has spent over a decade taking one of ...

A dalang or puppet master should not only be versed in the world of wayang (shadow puppet) performances but also have a broad knowledge of current developments in society, not just history. This is ...

Unlike the characters in wayang kulit, LSD patients do not need to have their stories confined to the shadows. (Fusion Wayang Kulit pic) Patients who suffer from lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) face ...

PASIR MAS: From a curious village boy to a master puppeteer, Kelantan artist Eyo Hock Seng has spent over six decades keeping the traditional art of wayang kulit alive. The 71-year-old, better known ...

In the island of Java in Indonesia, Wayang Kulit or sometimes called Wayang Purwa (puppets made out of embossed leather) holds a significant importance in society. Wayang is performed during royal ...