Useful terms
Wayang: Shadow Puppet
Listrik: Electric
Dalang: Puppet Master
Raksasa (also Balinese): Ogre
Monyet: Monkey
Bidadari: Aprasa, angel
Kayonan (also Balinese): Tree of Life shadow puppet figure, important in indicating the play’s divisions
Dewa (also Balinese): God
Dewi (also Balinese): Goddess
Tari or Tarian (also Balinese): Dance
THE PUNAKAWAN (“CLOWN-SERVANTS”)
In Balinese wayang, there are two pairs of clown servants. Tualen and Merdah, father and son, are the servants to the protagonists and Delem and Sangut, older and younger brother, are the servants to theantagonists. While these characters directly interact with the characters in the story, they are also outside of the dramatic flow and they comment on the action in a given play. Here, Tualen and Merdah are the attendants to Indra and the gods and Delem and Sangut are the attendants to Misasura and the Raksasa.
Balinese Wayang Listrik at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 