Mutamangin

May 21, 2002

Rotund-bodied, he moves his frame around on a narrow stage, he moves his puppets without puppets, he moves a whole story with leaps and interludes without ceasing: song, flashes of humor, clever dialogue, melancholy narration, martial art movements, and live actors who take on roles, who also play musical instruments, and turn into people who dance. For almost two hours solid the audience is entranced: Ki Dalang Slamet Gundono performed the story

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