In wayang art there are many stories presented. Lovers of wayang performing arts must be familiar with stories taken from ancient sartra works, ranging from Ramayanan to Mahabarata. Not only that, every puppet show must also have a message to be conveyed by a puppeteer. Likewise, four puppet characters are packaged into clowns.

The term punakawan comes from the word pana which means understanding, and friend which means friends. If you are looking for Punakawan figures in the Mahabharata and Ramayana scripts, don't be surprised if the Punakawan figures aren't there. Punakawan is a puppet character created by a Javanese poet. According to Slamet Muljana, a historian, the Punakawan figure first appeared in the literary work of Ghatotkacasraya by Empu Panuluh in the days of the Kediri Kingdom.

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