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Behind the dalang was a _gamelan_, or series of gongs mounted on a wooden frame much like an ordinary couch.
A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore 1898
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A dalang must have among the most rare skills on earth.
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The dalang (puppet master) is set and his show about to begin.
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A dalang must have among the most rare skills on earth.
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The dalang (puppet master) is set and his show about to begin.
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It is customary for the native princes to keep a dalang at their palaces; in this case, of course, the figures and gamelan do not belong to the dalang, but to the prince.
A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore 1898
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In both of these wayangs the dalang often improvises the dialogue with which the narrative is interspersed.
A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore 1898
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The gamelan also which accompanies the dalang is somewhat different.
A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore 1898
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A topeng company numbers eleven persons -- the dalang, six actors, and four gamelan musicians.
A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore 1898
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The dalang places a transparent curtain, stretched over a frame ten feet long by five high, between himself and the audience.
A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore 1898
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