Yogyakarta to host international puppet festival
Yogyakarta is expected to host an international puppet festival on July 23-26, The Yogyakarta International of Puppet will be held jointly by the Windita Jawa Foundation, the Yogyakarta Cultural Office and the Yogyakarta Kingdom.
May kinds of puppet would be displayed in the festival to show that the puppets were not only found in Indonesian but also in other foreign countries as well. Some 600 artists from the puppet arts are expected to take part in the festival.
Among the puppet groups having been confirmed to take part in the festival are the Kyokai Puppet of Japan, the Kelantan Puppet of Malaysia, the Ukur Puppet of Yogyakarta, and the Poo The Hie Puppet of China.
Source: Antara