wayang

wayang englanniksi

1. Traditional Indonesian arts performance (shadow puppetry, theatrical, dance, etc.) originating from Java island.

2. A shadow theatre performance, or such performances in general.

3. Any traditional theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.

4. Traditional Chinese opera, performed outdoors. The equivalent term in Mandarin is (l).

5. (U) behaviour; an act meant to deceive or mislead.

6. (quote-hansard) The other reservation is that consultation and consensus is no more than a “wayang”, because views are not accepted and no changes are made to the original policy.

7. (quote-journal)

8. (quote-journal) had said earlier that Mr James Gomez told him the minority certificate incident was just a ‘wayang’, Malay for theatre.

9. (quote-newsgroup)

10. To put up a front, to pretend (e.g., to be hard at work when one’s superiors are watching) or behave in a false and misleading way, especially if it puts one at an advantage.

11. (quote-newsgroup) some MPs have to do wayang wayang in the evening like Sessions|meet the people sessions.

12. (quote-web)

13. (U), insincere or fake; ostentatious and showy.

14. open plain, extensive grounds in a broad valley, or the like

15. play:

16. traditional arts performance (shadow puppetry, theatrical, dance, etc.) originally from Javanese culture

17. puppet in the play

18. the performance of play

19. puppet (a person, country, etc, controlled by another); overbeared

20. (synonym of)

21. (romanization of)

22. play traditional among the Javanese and Kelantanese

23. shadow theatre performance

24. any live traditional theatrical performance

''wayang bangsawan'': ''bangsawan'', a kind of traditional Malay theatre (lit. 'aristocrat play')

''wayang Cina'': opera|Chinese opera

25. (ellipsis of)

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