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Their headdresses, costumes and colours can indicate the puppets’ characters. White means purity, virtue and moral integrity and is often the face colour of princes. Red means aggressiveness and anger, while blue and green faces mean cowardliness and hypocrisy. They are operated from below the stage by a central rod and by rods connected to the puppets’ hands. The puppeteer directs the performance and speaks all the roles. Behind him sit female singers and a gamelan orchestra. \n\nDating back to the 16th century, the plays they performed were based on Javanese folklore or stories from the <i>Mahabharata</i> or the <i>Ramayana</i>, ancient Indian epic stories featuring the struggle between good and evil, with good figures on the left of the puppeteer or dalang, and the evil on his left. \n\nIn the <i>Mahabharata</i> the character Bhima, the second of the Pandavas, is the immensely powerful figure who slayed the hundred Kaurava brothers in the Kurukshetra War.","physicalDescription":"Painted wooden head, arms, legs and torso, possibly representing Bhima. Face painted white with orange eyes and mouth. Wearing a painted gold, red, green, blue and floral patterned hat, a long flowing black, brown and purple patterned batik skirt, and a dragon around the neck. 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