Pacitan

Pacitan lies on Java's southern coast, among hills facing the Indian Ocean. The region preserves the art of wayang beber, in which a storyteller unrolls painted scenes on long sheets rather than casting the shadows of puppets. A treasured set tells the story of Jaka Kembang Kuning and consists of six scrolls with twenty-four scenes. One interpretation connects a date represented in the paintings with 1692, in the age of the Mataram court.