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Ki Manteb Soedharsono (1948–2021)

Karanganyar Javanese shadow-theatre dalang celebrated as 'Dalang Setan' for lightning sabet puppet choreography and marathon Mahabharata vigils.

Javanese master dalang Ki Manteb Soedharsono performing Gathutkaca Winisuda

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Javanese master dalang Ki Manteb Soedharsono performing Gathutkaca Winisuda
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Born into a rural dalang lineage in Mojolaban near Surakarta, Central Java, Ki Manteb Soedharsono transformed Wayang Kulit staging by mastering simultaneous multi-puppet sabet combat flourishes behind the oil-lit cotton kelir screen while voicing dozens of Kawi and Javanese characters. 1

Directing full sléndro and pélog bronze gamelan orchestras with foot-struck keprak iron plates across eight-hour unbroken nocturnal performances—including a 24-hour Bharatayuddha record—he received a 2004 UNESCO award for safeguarding Indonesian shadow puppetry. 1

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gamelan
Surakarta & Yogyakarta, Indonesia · Music
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Wayang Kulit Shadow Puppet Epic Theatre
Yogyakarta & Surakarta, Java, Indonesia · Storytelling
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Indonesia
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Javanese Dalang Lineage and Ki Manteb SoedharsonoISI Surakarta (Indonesian Institute of the Arts), 2018—
"Ki Manteb Soedharsono (1948–2021)." Folkroom Archive (Artists), https://folkroom.org/artists/ki-manteb-soedharsono · CC BY-SA 4.0.