Editing Shadow play (section)

===Cambodia===
{{main|Khmer shadow theatre}}
[[File:Sita, Nang Sbek, Cambodia - Museu do Oriente - Lisbon, Portugal - DSC06801.JPG|thumb|upright|Cambodian shadow puppet depicting Sita]]
In [[Cambodia]], the shadow play is called ''Nang Sbek Thom'',<ref>{{cite book|author=Martin Banham|title=The Cambridge Guide to Theatre|url=https://archive.org/details/cambridgeguideto0000banh|url-access=registration|year=1995|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-43437-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/cambridgeguideto0000banh/page/153 153]}}</ref> or simply as ''Sbek Thom'' (literally "large leather hide"), ''Sbek Touch'' ("small leather hide") and ''Sbek Por'' ("colored leather hide").<ref name="Kravel1995p1">{{cite book|author=Pech Tum Kravel|title=Sbek Thom: Khmer Shadow Theater|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hCnlMEIU6BkC|year=1995|publisher=SEAP Publications|isbn=978-0-87727-620-3|pages=iii-iv, 2–8}}</ref>

It is performed during sacred temple ceremonies, at private functions, and for the public in Cambodia's villages. The popular plays include the ''[[Ramayana]]'' and ''[[Mahabharata]]'' epics, as well as other Hindu myth and legends.<ref name="Kravel1995p1"/> The performance is accompanied by a [[pinpeat]] orchestra.<ref name=banham155/>

The ''Sbek Thom'' is based on the Cambodian version of the Indian epic ''Ramayana'', an epic story about good and evil involving [[Rama]], [[Sita]], [[Lakshmana]], [[Hanuman]] and [[Ravana]].<ref name=kravel4>{{cite book|author=Pech Tum Kravel|title=Sbek Thom: Khmer Shadow Theater|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hCnlMEIU6BkC|year=1995|publisher=SEAP Publications|isbn=978-0-87727-620-3|pages=3–5}}</ref> It is a sacred performance, embodying Khmer beliefs built on the foundations and mythologies of [[Brahmanism]] and [[Buddhism]].<ref name=kravel4/>

Cambodian shadow puppets are made of cowhide, and their size are usually quite large, depicting a whole scene, including its background. Unlike their Javanese counterparts, Cambodian shadow puppets are usually not articulated, rendering the figure's hands unmovable, and are left uncolored, retaining the original color of the leather. The main shadow puppet production center is [[Roluos]] near Siem Reap. Cambodian shadow puppetry is one of the cultural performances staged for tourists alongside [[Dance in Cambodia|Cambodian traditional dances]].{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

The ''Sbek Thom'' figures are unlike puppets because they are large and heavy, with no moveable parts. The ''Sbek Touch'', in contrast, are much smaller puppets with movable parts; their shows have been more popular.<ref name=kravel4/> The ''Sbek Thom'' shadow play involves many puppeteers dancing on the screen, each puppeteer playing one character of the ''Ramayana'', while separate narrators recite the story accompanied by an orchestra.<ref name=banham155>{{cite book|author=Martin Banham|title=The Cambridge Guide to Theatre|url=https://archive.org/details/cambridgeguideto0000banh|url-access=registration|year=1995|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-43437-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/cambridgeguideto0000banh/page/n172 155]}}</ref>