"WE haven’t performed in 20 years,” said Tusiran Suseno, Director of Suara Bintan Studio, the only group of wayang or drama bangsawan that still exists in Riau Islands, two weeks ago.

The studio established in 1978 performed for the last time in 1979 in Penghujan Island. After that, the performers, most of whom had mastered painting, dance, singing, music, oral literature, and martial arts disappeared as if swallowed up by the earth. Althoug