THE boy looked awkward. His left hand clutched two leather puppets about one and a half times the size of his hand, while his right hand held the stick of a mountain puppet. He tried to sit upright in front of the screen, just like a real puppeteer. His young voice sounded hoarse and hesitant: The earth shakes, the sky flickers

Last week was the first time that 10-year-old Gagat Ridwan Wicaksono had exercised in performing with the leather shadow