SILANG GAYA PEDALANGAN DALAM PERSPEKTIF PERUBAHAN BUDAYA

Abstract

This writing aims at describing the factors causing differences of styles in puppetry.  There are two differences of styles in puppetry, namely: (1) the difference of style in garap elements in puppetry, and (2) the difference of style between the wayang performance and other performing art. The difference of style in puppetry is influenced by global cultural changes, mass media, the authoritative repression, and other social cultural aspects. The tendency of differences in style in wayang performance is influenced by (a)   the waning of locality and the local identity of puppeteers and of wayang audience because of the openness of tradition, (b) the effort made extraordinarily by puppeteers for legitimacy because they are capable of conducting a variety of styles in a major style, (c) for the reason of creativity and innovation, a puppeteer combines various styles and adopts other performing arts in wayang performance. Key words : difference of styles, wayang performance, cultural changes, puppeteer, local identity