GenderWayang.com
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Balinese Gender Wayang Sukawati
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- This website is dedicated and devoted to the music of Balinese gender wayang master I Wayan Loceng, who passed away suddenly on October 17. During his lifetime he tirelessly developed, performed, and taught his brilliant style of traditional gender wayang repertoire. A expert on wayang, Balinese Hinduism, and bahasa Kawi, he lived among an extended family of puppeteers and musicians in Sukawati, a village in south central Bali long regarded as the epicenter of the art of wayang kulit. His unique playing style was fast, fierce and precise, and his repertoire provides a bridge from the classical roots of the music through kebyar and beyond. In the 1970s, he began teaching foreign students, who have spread the Sukawati style to America, Japan, Britain, and numerous other countries. To the end, he could be found on his porch in Banjar Babakan, playing gender with his sons and students, or, as his energy waned, making meticulous Mahabharata drawings. He is survived by his two sons, I Ketut Sukayana and I Wayan Suprapta. His ngaben cremation ceremony is scheduled for October 22.
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