Cepot or Astrajingga is one of the '' wayang golek'' characters in Sundanese puppetry. Cepot is a punokawan alongside Dawala and Garéng, which do not exist in the original ''

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Semar Semar (Javanese script: ꦱꦼꦩꦂ) is a character in Javanese mythology who frequently appears in wayang shadow plays. He is one of the punokawan (clowns) but is divine and very wise. He is the Hyang, dhanyang (guardian spirit) of Java,Geertz ...

's sons. Cepot is a rural character from the fictional village Tumaritis, where 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 has many 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.

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{{reflist Sundanese culture Wayang