Priyanka Mukherjee<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\nThe performance typically occurs behind a flame-lit screen, with puppeteers operating the puppets while narrating stories. The plots span from informative tales to captivating local gossip.<\/p>\n
The UNESCO-protected art form was widespread throughout the region before television became the norm.<\/p>\n
\u201cShadow puppet shows were like the mass communications department. It explained things like family planning, architecture, and how to plant rice, and how to maintain it,\u201d says Putera.<\/p>\n
To preserve this fading art form and illuminate his cultural heritage, Putera has been making puppets and conducting workshops to teach the craft to theatre enthusiasts.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1708243180,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1708360240,"firstPublishedAt":1708259666,"lastPublishedAt":1708498235,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/24\/85\/38\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c3fc5ff5-4724-5cd4-8e6e-fd5b27aad92b-8248538.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AMAR\/","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1125},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/24\/85\/38\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_b23a1b97-4360-5910-8ab6-ded2372a0f65-8248538.jpg","altText":"x","caption":"x","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"x","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1700,"height":1133}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":2474,"urlSafeValue":"ward","title":"Gregory Ward","twitter":""}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":4154,"slug":"theater","urlSafeValue":"theater","title":"Theater","titleRaw":"Theater"},{"id":8735,"slug":"tradition","urlSafeValue":"tradition","title":"Tradition","titleRaw":"Tradition"},{"id":12818,"slug":"bali","urlSafeValue":"bali","title":"Bali","titleRaw":"Bali"},{"id":149,"slug":"indonesia","urlSafeValue":"indonesia","title":"Indonesia","titleRaw":"Indonesia"},{"id":8057,"slug":"unesco","urlSafeValue":"unesco","title":"UNESCO","titleRaw":"UNESCO"},{"id":12851,"slug":"heritage","urlSafeValue":"heritage","title":"Heritage","titleRaw":"Heritage"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"image","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2618328},{"id":2655726}],"technicalTags":[{"path":"editorial.media-city"},{"path":"editorial"},{"path":"editorial.qatar-scenes"},{"path":"editorial"}],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"gXrhXHPFBHc","dailymotionId":"x8syvxs"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/S4\/WB\/24\/02\/19\/en\/240219_S4WB_54834246_54834247_370000_151839_en.mp4","editor":"","duration":370000,"filesizeBytes":47224151,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/EN\/S4\/WB\/24\/02\/19\/en\/240219_S4WB_54834246_54834247_370000_151839_en.mp4","editor":"","duration":370000,"filesizeBytes":71545175,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Priyanka Mukherjee","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"scenes","urlSafeValue":"scenes","title":"Scenes","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/culture-series\/scenes"},"vertical":"culture","verticals":[{"id":10,"slug":"culture","urlSafeValue":"culture","title":"Culture"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":10,"slug":"culture","urlSafeValue":"culture","title":"Culture"},"themes":[{"id":"culture-series","urlSafeValue":"culture-series","title":"Culture Series","url":"\/culture\/culture-series"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":55,"urlSafeValue":"culture-series","title":"Culture series"},"advertising":1,"advertisingData":{"startDate":1630511520,"endDate":2114355123,"type":"sponsored","slug":"Scenes","title":"Media City - 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Yet there is hope: we are blessed with the tools\u00a0\u2014\u00a0if used correctly\u00a0\u2014\u00a0to rectify by amplifying the truth. \n\nThe challenge, however, is to make sure that once the truth \u201ccomes limping\u201d in, it isn\u2019t \u201ctoo late\u201d. \n\nNowhere is this truer than in disinformation campaigns and how they have cast a shadow over democratic processes the world over. \n\nAs the world\u2019s third biggest democracy, Indonesia gears up for massive elections, the potential negative impact of disinformation, in particular state-sponsored disinformation, looms large. \n\nUnderstanding the multifaceted nature of this threat, therefore, and its ramifications on democracies, with an eye on Southeast Asia, is imperative if we are to safeguard the integrity of our hard-earned democratic process and institutions.\u00a0 \n\nAll of us are united in our belief in democracy. All of us have to work together to protect it. \n\nThe Kremlin rears its ugly head again \n\nOver the years, one state actor has attracted more attention on this issue than others. Russia.\u00a0 \n\nIndeed the issue of Russian influence on past Indonesian elections has become more and more of a concern, with allegations around how Moscow\u00a0\u2014\u00a0even out of election cycles\u00a0\u2014\u00a0plays an outsized role in fanning the flames of discontent, polarizing societies from Ukraine to the UK, from India to Indonesia, as and when it suits them. \n\nConcerns have been raised before about Kremlin activity in Indonesia. While touring several cities in Indonesia during the 2019 election campaign, presidential incumbent Jokowi Widodo raised allegations that foreign forces were assisting his competition with illegitimate means, subsequently mentioning how Russian disinformation in particular, \u201cproduces nonstop slander, lies and hoaxes that confuse the people\u201d. \n\nAnd while some claimed this was simply a baseless allegation that the president was hurling at his competition as a way of discrediting them, it is entirely rational to believe that there was truth behind the president\u2019s concerns.\u00a0 \n\nIndeed, from Brexit to Trump, from Kenya to France, Russian electoral interference through disinformation is a widely reported phenomenon. \n\n'A firehose of falsehood' \n\nA famous Indonesian case which caused a stir related to a conspiracy promoted by a group of well-coordinated social media accounts.\u00a0 \n\nThe controversy surrounded seven ballot boxes that supposedly arrived from China, and which according to the posts, had been tampered with to President Jokowi\u2019s benefit. \n\nThe tool of choice was simply flooding the internet with the same message being pushed out by different ostensibly \u201creal\u201d profiles and news platforms, in what deputy chairman of Jokowi\u2019s campaign Abdul Kadir Karding called \u201ca firehose of falsehood\u201d, a term he borrowed from Washington based think tank RAND who have researched the subject extensively. \n\nIn this regard he stated, \u201cBy producing massive hoaxes, the strategy aims to overturn all data and facts to influence the people, particularly in voting. It\u2019s dangerous, because people will gradually get used to fake narratives.\u201d \n\nOther examples were more strategic and less focused on a specific issue. For example, only a month before the 2019 election, allegations surfaced by the head of Indonesia\u2019s election commission (KPU) highlighting Russian hacking attempts against the voter list.\u00a0 \n\nSome went so far as to claim that there were over 17 million disputed identities on the voter list, potentially a product of foreign interference. \n\nA litmus test of democratic resilience \n\nIndeed, the situation spilt into the democratic arena with the Russian Ambassador to Indonesia Lyudmila Georgievna Vorobieva issuing a statement through the embassy\u2019s Twitter account, saying, \u201cWe underline that Russia\u2019s principal position is not intervening in any domestic affairs and electoral processes in foreign countries, including Indonesia, which is our close friend and important partner\u201d.\u00a0 \n\nTo paraphrase a line from Shakespeare\u2019s Hamlet, \u201cThe ambassador doth protest too much, methinks\". \n\nAs a relatively new democracy, the 14 February election will be another litmus test for Indonesia\u2019s democratic resilience.\u00a0 \n\nAnd as the recurrent player in the disinformation arena, in particular, when it comes to undermining democratic processes, all eyes will be on Russia. \n\nRoss Burley is Co-founder and Executive Director of the Centre for Information Resilience (CIR). \n\nAt Euronews, we believe all views matter. Contact us at view@euronews.com to send pitches or submissions and be part of the conversation. \n\n","htmlText":"
Anglo-Irish satirist, cleric and social commentator Jonathan Swift once said, \u201cFalsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the fast-paced and ever-evolving landscape of politics in the technological age, it has never been easier to deceive through lies. Yet there is hope: we are blessed with the tools\u00a0\u2014\u00a0if used correctly\u00a0\u2014\u00a0to rectify by amplifying the truth.<\/p>\n
The challenge, however, is to make sure that once the truth \u201ccomes limping\u201d in, it isn\u2019t \u201ctoo late\u201d.<\/p>\n
Nowhere is this truer than in disinformation campaigns and how they have cast a shadow over democratic processes the world over.<\/p>\n
As the world\u2019s third biggest democracy, Indonesia gears up for massive elections, the potential negative impact of disinformation, in particular state-sponsored disinformation, looms large.<\/p>\n
Understanding the multifaceted nature of this threat, therefore, and its ramifications on democracies, with an eye on Southeast Asia, is imperative if we are to safeguard the integrity of our hard-earned democratic process and institutions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
All of us are united in our belief in democracy. All of us have to work together to protect it.<\/p>\n
The Kremlin rears its ugly head again<\/h2>
Over the years, one state actor has attracted more attention on this issue than others. Russia.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Indeed the issue of Russian influence on past Indonesian elections has become more and more of a concern, with allegations around how Moscow\u00a0\u2014\u00a0even out of election cycles\u00a0\u2014\u00a0plays an outsized role in fanning the flames of discontent, polarizing societies from Ukraine to the UK, from India to Indonesia, as and when it suits them.<\/p>\n