Cepot
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Cepot or Astrajingga is one of the Wayang Golek characters in Sundanese puppetry. Cepot is a panakawan character of wayang golek alongside Petruk and Dawala, which do not exist in the original Mahabarata or Ramayana
Ramayana
The Ramayana is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is ascribed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon , considered to be itihāsa. The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of India and Nepal, the other being the Mahabharata...

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Cepot is one of Semar's sons.
Cepot is as rural character from the fictional desa (sundanese language for village) Tumaritis, there he lived with his father Semar and two of his brothers, Petruk and Dawala. Cepot is humorous and easy going, everything Cepot says tends to be funny, and Cepot's act is full of slapstick jokes, mostly done together with its antagonist wayang golek character.
Cepot in wayang golek puppetry also has other, good looking faces: Astrajingga, described with its straight, humble, good looking and white face.
Cepot is the favourite character of Sundanese Indonesian wayang golek maestro Asep Sunandar Sunarya
Asep Sunandar Sunarya
Asep Sunandar Sunarya is a Sundanese wayang golek dalang...

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