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Southeast Asian women reclaim ancient shadow puppet art


Wayang Women, a multinational wayang kulit troupe with members from Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar and the Philippines, is using shadow puppetry to tell stories from a female perspective — challenging an art form that has long been dominated by men.

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