A shadow play puppeteer in Java and Bali, this master storyteller brings their tales alive with as many as 100 puppets, each character with a distinctive voice. The dalang holds special authority within the community and is responsible, among other things, for representing wise and ethical conduct.

(dahl'-lahng) The puppeteer of the wayang kulit shadow-puppet play;

The dalang (Javanese: dhalang) is the puppeteer in wayang kulit performance of Indonesia.

a most extraordinary man