Definitions for "Wayang"
(wi'-yahng) A generic name for theater in Bali, Java, and Sunda. There are three main types: (1) wayang kulit (shadow puppet theater), wayang orang or wayang wong (human dance-drama theater, and wayang golek (three-dimensional wooden puppet theater);
Wayang is an Indonesian/Malay word for theater. When the term is used to refer to kinds of puppet theater, sometimes the puppet itself is referred to as wayang. "Bayang", the Javanese word for shadow or imagination, also connotes "spirit."