Indonesia has a diverse range of performance arts: Javanese and Balinese gamelan or orchestra, shadow plays like puppet shows (wayang), Sundanese bamboo musical instrument performance (angklung), and many more. Arts from different ethnic group have ingenuously-produced costumes and instruments. One of the most complex ones is the Balinese barong costume and gamelan orchestra setup.
Ramayana is an example of one of the best known Javanese and Balinese wayang show, with many puppeteers or dalang who can play multiple puppet roles all night. If you have ever visited Bali, you’ll know that you can watch so many ethnic performance arts there, and they are mostly performed by Balinese villagers.
There are also contemporary performance arts as a result of Western influence, but this is mostly found in Jakarta and Yogyakarta. Jakarta has a special place called Taman Ismail Marzuki which serves as a national heart for arts, like theater, dance, and music. These performances usually reflect political themes.
Wayang is a ....