Wayang Kulit Programmes

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Wayang Kulit, a popular theatrical art form involving the use of shadow play and puppetry usually performed in Indonesia.

Wayang, meaning show/performance and Kulit, meaning skin, is simply a performance of puppets made from cow hide/skin.

The performance is accompanied by a gamelan troupe to further enhance the mood and setting whilst the dalang or puppetmaster tells the story.

Over the past few years, we’ve received plenty of requests from schools for Wayang Kulit to be part of the Mother Tongue Fortnight and while we have had a proper setup for Wayang Kulit brought down to the schools, for students to be wowed over, we also understood the challenges in conducting the programme for schools with budget being a sole concern.

The cost for a Wayang Kulit setup for a programme is costly as it requires major logistics even without a gamelan ensemble and even so, students could only afford to sit and watch as the puppets are too fragile and expensive to be played with the risk of damage.

As such, we innovated and developed our very own Wayang Kulit programme which is age-appropriate for students to undergo the process of learning, making and performing.

Through our Wayang Kulit programme, students will be given the opportunity to learn about the History and background of Wayang Kulit as well as be given the opportunity to make their own Wayang Kulit puppets with our very own ready-made puppets which allows students to simulate the process of assembly of puppets before finally learning how to perform it. Students can also take home the puppets with them!

For schools who gravitate more towards conducting programmes on their own, you can purchase our Wayang Kulit puppets and conduct your own lessons with it.

For more information on how to purchase your own Wayang Kulit puppets, email [email protected]

What’s New for 2018?

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2017 continues to be a year of renewed friendship, partnership and collaboration with many of our associate trainers and clients who continue to show immense support and confidence in our programmes, activities and management.

We have also acted on feedback received by clients to provide a booklet of our programmes. We have printed copies of the booklet and have mailed them out to all schools in Singapore, addressed to the Mother Tongue Departments.

If you haven’t received a copy of our booklet, you can download them here. [BD_2018_ProgrammesOfferings_FINAL]

For 2018, we have redesigned and developed some of our programmes to meet the educational needs of our participants as well as to support the teaching resources of fellow teachers in schools.

One programme that we have focused our attention on is our ‘Saya Penulis!’ programme, our Creative Writing programme.

In the newly redesigned programme, students will be exposed to more hands-on scaffolding activities that will be extremely engaging to their senses, and at the same time, encourage them to build on their vocabulary – a sore point expressed by many teachers that students struggle with.

The newly redesigned ‘Saya Penulis!’ was conducted for the public as part of Bulan Bahasa 2017 and was a huge success with parents and students who participated. Many of whom expressed, they wanted longer sessions and were keen to send their child to more of such programmes conducted by us.

So, do email [email protected] to book your ‘Saya Penulis!’ programme to get your students to learn more than just writing creatively, but also, expand their vocabulary and have fun at the same time!

We look forward to working with you this 2018!

From all of us here at By Definition, we wish you HAPPY NEW YEAR!