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One puppet show lasts from dusk until dawn

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Forget your two-hour movie attention span. Traditional Indonesian shadow puppetry expects you to sit cross-legged in the dark from dusk until absolute dawn. A single puppeteer manipulates dozens of leather figures behind a backlit screen for nine straight hours, proving that historical entertainment required monumental endurance from everyone involved.

One puppet show lasts from dusk until dawn
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