Subcategories

Southeast Asian Ritual and Puppet Theatre

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General Reference

Divinity Atlas. "Southeast Asian Ritual and Puppet Theatre." Accessed August 31, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/performancework/southeast-asian-ritual-and-puppet-theatre.

APA Style

Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Southeast Asian Ritual and Puppet Theatre. Retrieved August 31, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/performancework/southeast-asian-ritual-and-puppet-theatre

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-southeast-asian-ritual-and-puppet-theatr,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Southeast Asian Ritual and Puppet Theatre},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/performancework/southeast-asian-ritual-and-puppet-theatre},
  note = {Accessed August 31, 2026}
}

Masked and puppet performance traditions of Southeast Asia carrying religious narrative: Wayang Kulit (the shadow puppet theatre of Java and Bali) and Lakhon Khol (the all-male masked dance drama of Cambodia, telling the Reamker). Belongs here: a Southeast Asian performance tradition using puppetry or masked dance to stage religious or epic narrative. Does not belong here: a South Asian dance-drama tradition of the same general shape, held under Hindu Devotional and Temple Dance Drama instead.