What is the meaning of Wayang?

Traditional Indonesian arts performance (shadow puppetry, theatrical, dance, etc.) originating from Java island.

A shadow theatre performance, or such performances in general.

Any traditional theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.

Traditional Chinese opera, performed outdoors. The equivalent term in Mandarin is 街戲 / 街戏 (jiēxì, literally “street opera”).

Traditional Chinese opera, performed outdoors. The equivalent term in Mandarin is 街戲 / 街戏 (jiēxì, literally “street opera”).

Insincere behaviour; an act meant to deceive or mislead.

To put up a front, to pretend (e.g. to be hard at work) or behave in a false and misleading way.

For show, insincere or fake; ostentatious and showy.

traditional arts performance (shadow puppetry, theatrical, dance, etc.) originally from Javanese culture.
puppet in the shadow play
the performance of shadow play

traditional arts performance (shadow puppetry, theatrical, dance, etc.) originally from Javanese culture.

puppet (a person, country, etc, controlled by another); overbeared.

synonym of bayang-bayang.

Romanization of ꦮꦪꦁ

shadow play traditional among the Javanese and Kelantanese

shadow theatre performance

any live traditional theatrical performance

ellipsis of wayang gambar (“motion picture; movie”).

Source: wiktionary.org

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