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06 Sep 2010

Sena Wangi Indonesian Puppetry (Wayang Indonesia)

Sena Wangi Indonesian Puppetry (Wayang Indonesia) is a social cultural organisation established in 1975. The organisation is tasked with coordinating activities for conservation and development of wayang and the art of puppet performances in Indonesia. Sena Wangi is the national secretariat of the wayang and puppetry art organisations. Its members are the various wayang and puppetry arts, artists and cultural experts as well as prominent members of the society. Sena Wangi is an independent and self-supporting social organisation which is endeavoring to develop wayang to become of force in the field of national culture.

In its effort to conserve and develop wayang, the vision of Sena Wangi is the desire to make wayang one of the pillars of national culture. For this purpose, the art of wayang should become a vehicle and mouthpiece of culture in order to uplift the quality and standard of humanity.