These particular Potehi puppets are displayed on the massive wooden table of the 307 years old Kang Xi temple which has been reconstructed at Hotel Tugu Bali, Bale Sutra, which hashosted beautiful dinners for honeymooners, Hollywood celebrities, wedding banquets as well as politicians from around the world.
Potehi puppets for ethnic Chinese have social functions and rituals; not unlike other puppets in Indonesia.
These puppets made of cloth is an art brought by Chinese immigrants to various parts of the archipelago in the past and has become one of Indonesia’s traditional arts.
The puppeteers will insert their hand into the cloth and play it like a puppet of other types.
