KRISHNA and LAKSHMI Loving Heavenly Pair OLD Wayang Golek Wooden Puppet JAVA

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Seller: ahunt2001 ✉️ (641) 100%, Location: North Brunswick, New Jersey, US, Ships to: US, Item: 304270694262 KRISHNA and LAKSHMI Loving Heavenly Pair OLD Wayang Golek Wooden Puppet JAVA.

KRISHNA and LAKSHMI (Sri Kreshna / Batara Wishnu and Dewi Lakshmi / Rukmini) The ideal heavenly couple, symbolizing the power of eternal love from the Hindu Epic Mahabharata. Beautifully crafted, rare handcrafted wooden puppets (Wayang Golek) from Java, Indonesia
Sri Kresna/Batara Krishna is the avatar incarnation of Wishnu, the supreme god and is until now worshipped across many traditions of Hinduism.  His dark skin gives him his name. The Bhagavad Gita is an important book in Hinduism in which he imparts valuable advice and noble teachings to Arjuna prior to the great Mahabharata war. The Krishna story is filled with legends, including those in which the reigning evil king Kamsa tried to kill him to prevent a prophecy, but he was saved and raised by cow herders. Another legend is one he defeats a river dragon as a boy. Krishna is a critical figure in the Mahabharata legend, being the ultimate friend, advisor, and deity that permeates in practically every character's life. Krishna's faithful wife in heaven, Dewi/Devi Lakshmi, incarnates as an avatar in this world as Rukmini, the loving and equally faithful wife. Dewi Lakshmi is  equally revered in Hinduism, being the goddess of love, wealth, and beauty. The beautiful couple reigns in heaven and supports each other spiritually on earth as their avatars. The wife and husband couple is the ultimate depiction of love and marriage, and rituals and ceremonies on marriages in Hinduism are celebrated around them. The superb Krishna wayang, with its ornately carved regal headdress is only matched by the beautiful, sleek and elegant depiction of Lakshmi, beautifully painted and in a very well-preserved condition. Staring gently into each other, the couple seem to shower love and respect onto each other and into your home. The heavenly couple stand at approximately 25''. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wayang goleks, typically from the West Java/Sunda area, were for centuries used to depict stories based on the Hindu epic Mahabharata or Ramayana, blending the Indian-based legend with the Javanese/Indonesian own flair of artistry. Carved out of wood, they have more lifelike and 3D features, and support a better sustainability after multiple performances. The stories are performed by the dalang, and contrary to a wayang kulit performance, the audience is seated in front of the small stage and can observe the wayang set, dalang, and orchestra. A typical performance lasts from sunset to shortly before sunrise, and the dalang is accompanied by a gamelan orchestra, and one or more female singers, who introduce the individual scenes and explainsthe course of events.  This form of folk theater is usually performed in the village squares, courtyards, or the village roads and were usually lively and colouful, and dalangs usually use the theater to not only entertain but only to adapt to current events and comment on political and social conditions. Stories and the skills to magically carve a plain piece of wood into these marvellous artwork are handed down from one dalangs to another, from one generation to the next. This marvelous art form is slowly eroded and becoming extinct in the modern world, as fewer and fewer of the younger people are willing to continue the tradition and preserve the artform against the fast paced modernism and consumerism. The older dalangs and puppet makers are sadly passing on, most without someone else to continue carrying their torch.  The wayangs I am offering are mostly respectfully handed down from dalangs and from my personal collection. They have exemplary craftsmanship and quality of carvings and paintings, are marvelously preserved, many despite having seen action in years of performances. These are not the more typical commercial copies with lower quality usually available at lower prices elsewhere, but please understand that as they are used and/or vintage crafts, some imperfection may be present. The wayangs will come with a stand. These artfully crafted wayangs can be displayed under proper lighting as a collection, or serves as an exquisite gift that carries with them a legendary and cultural statement.    If you are interested in a character that I currently do not list, please send me a message.                     

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  • Condition: Used
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Indonesia

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