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Page 227
... Javanese live at a bare subsistence level . Javanese society divides into two major strata : a small upper stratum and a large lower stratum of rural villagers and manually employed townspeople . Javanese also rec- ognize a vertical ...
... Javanese live at a bare subsistence level . Javanese society divides into two major strata : a small upper stratum and a large lower stratum of rural villagers and manually employed townspeople . Javanese also rec- ognize a vertical ...
Page 248
... Javanese wayang or- ang , but masks are worn and the repertory is limited to Rāma plays . Pandawa plays are staged in identical style but are called parwa . It has been suggested that these forms also stem , at least in part , from ...
... Javanese wayang or- ang , but masks are worn and the repertory is limited to Rāma plays . Pandawa plays are staged in identical style but are called parwa . It has been suggested that these forms also stem , at least in part , from ...
Page 266
... Javanese ornament . Around the niches of Tjandi Puntadewa are perhaps the earliest surviving examples of the character- istic Javanese doorframe : across its lintel is carved a mask of the Indian Kāla monster , which represents time ...
... Javanese ornament . Around the niches of Tjandi Puntadewa are perhaps the earliest surviving examples of the character- istic Javanese doorframe : across its lintel is carved a mask of the Indian Kāla monster , which represents time ...
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