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Course: Asian Art Museum > Unit 3
Lesson 3: Bali- An Introduction to Bali
- Hinduism in Bali
- Storytelling in ritual and performance in Bali
- Balinese shadow theater
- Balinese dance, costumes, music
- Symbolism in Balinese dance costumes
- Balinese boar Barong dance performance
- Repairing sacred Balinese masks
- Balinese mask carver
- The Making of Balinese Double Ikat Textiles
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Balinese shadow theater
Watch an excerpt from the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata. Performed Shadowmaster I Wayan Nartha. Created by Asian Art Museum.
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- There seems to be a very large open flame very close to the puppets. How do they keep them safe from the flames?(6 votes)
- what language was used to present this show?(2 votes)
- I wonder what the puppets are made of?
They look quite interesting, with lots of joints to create movement(1 vote) - I noticed that there very large open flame very close to the puppets. I wonder if any of them have ever gotten burned while doing the dance.(1 vote)
- does shadow puppet in chinese and bali different?(0 votes)
- what's bali? shadow puppet isa kind of play or performance.people use light and a thin paper against the paper made puppet.quite interesting(0 votes)