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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 900614, member: 2844"]Wayang Kulit is Central Javanese (and Madurese), they perform the original Wayang Purwa.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Yes, Wayang Golek is West Java, Banten-Cirebon. Sunan Kudus is credited with inventing Wayang Golek, but there is no actual proof he did. It is quite in keeping with traditions on Java that he used it to popularise Islam. Wasn't he also the one who introduced the Javanese building style for mosques (masjid)?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 900614, member: 2844"]Wayang Kulit is Central Javanese (and Madurese), they perform the original Wayang Purwa. :) Yes, Wayang Golek is West Java, Banten-Cirebon. Sunan Kudus is credited with inventing Wayang Golek, but there is no actual proof he did. It is quite in keeping with traditions on Java that he used it to popularise Islam. Wasn't he also the one who introduced the Javanese building style for mosques (masjid)?[/QUOTE]
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