“Wayang is the Indonesian traditional arts, especially developed in Java and Bali. Puppet show has been recognized by UNESCO on 7 November 2003, as a culture of attention in the field of narrative stories and heritage of beautiful and very valuable (masterpiece of Oral and intangible Heritage of Humanity). “
So we as a nation India should be proud that our culture has been recognized by the international world, this of course is a description of how our nation is actually a great nation, a nation that has a great culture. See Puppet, Borobudur, Prambanan Temple, temple or the other, the architecture is so adorable, a very high culture in the era of our forefathers.
Wayang is the traditional art of Indonesia since yore, in the story or in an epic d pewayangan much that we can take hikmahnya, we tauladani faint, and we can learn asimilasikan in the life of a nation and state. Pewayangan in the story is the story of the life of the world. Stories about the good or evil, the story of the responsibility as a soldier (Ramayana), kesetian about women or love, companionship, and advice-advice that you want to be wise.
Stories in pewayangan taken from most of the epic Ramayana and Mahabarata, an epic that came from India, which may be the Hindu culture. However, in the era of the wali Songo, puppet berdakwah used as a medium for the spread of Islam, especially in Java. Sunan Kali Jogo a guardian Songo, using puppets as a medium to spread the religion of Islam, considering the conditions at the time the trust of the community is part of the Hindu religion. Sunan Kali Jogo use puppets to make it more easy to diffuse in the community and be accepted by them.
Figures in the story pewayangan is a description of the nature and human character in the world. In epic Mahabarata Pandawa we recognize the existence of five brothers (Puntadewa, Bima, Arjuna, and Nakula, sadewa), which often call in with Pandawa Lima. They represent the nature of the white men, men who have the characteristics of both, the man who should have been fought because of zalimi by his brothers. The human-human responsibility, abstinence surrender, keep striving for the truth and kadilan.
On the other hand Kurawa which is the brother of Pandawa, with Prabu Duyudana as leaders, are those who are gluttonous, the avaricious, menghalalkan all the way to get power to his brother even tega own (Pandawa).