Indonesian Puppet Show Attracts Audience in Turkey

Cairo (Antara Bali) - A wayang golek (puppet) show presented by an art group of Jakarta Puppet Museum attracted visitors at Youth International Festival in Antalaya City, Turkey.

"The puppet show attracted the audience and triggered laughter as the puppeteer presented funny stories in English and Turkish," said Chief of Art and Culture and Information Division of the Indonesia Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, Robertus Irawan to Antara here Sunday.

The puppeteer Tantan Sugandi presented the story of Ramayana epic to the visitors in the festival. 

        Robertus said Turkey also has the almost-similar art like wayang, named "karagoz hacivat kuklasi" that tells about funny epic and advice to the people.

The 16th International Youth Festival is participated by several countries such as Germany, Czech, Finland, Romania, Slovakia, Poland, Japan, Pakistan, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, USA, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Belgium. (*/M038)