Product Description

Barong Landung: Jero Luh

Material: Wood, paint
Style: Bali
Size: Length 30 cm, Height 23 cm
Order Number: MHSMB1

Barong Landung is the name given to 2 giant puppets, one male, the other female. They parade in the streets at Balinese New Year and the big festival of Galungan. They have a special kind of singing and flirt with each other.

The female is called Jero Luh (female person). She has a white mask, overhanging forehead, slanting eyes, enigmatic smile and protruding chin. She is refined and disdainful and has the bearing of an English maiden aunt.

The male is called Jero Gede. He has a huge black mask, with large, white, prominent teeth, very red lips, and tusks. His shining, black cheeks budge. He’s like a comic drunk.

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