Seno Nugroho

Seno Nugroho was born in Yogyakarta, 23 August 1972. He comes from a family of shadow puppeteers. His great-grandfather was the puppeteer of Pura Pakualaman's servant, Ki Jayeng, while his grandfather was the puppeteer Ki Cermo Bancak, who later had the son Ki Suparman Cermo Wiyoto, the father of Ki Seno Nugroho. Seno Nugroho began to cultivate puppetry at the age of 10, and started his career as a puppeteer at the age of 15, while still attending the Yogyakarta Arts High School. His admiration for the figure of Ki Manteb Soedharsono made him interested in puppetry and continued to wrestle with it. Until the end of his life, Seno did not yet have his own puppet studio, but occasionally several people from abroad learned how to perform puppetry with him. He also has his own musical group called Wargo Laras with approximately 50 members.^[1][2]

Seno Nugroho died on November 3, 2020, at 22:15 WIB at the PKU Muhammadiyah Gamping Hospital, Sleman, Yogyakarta, due to a heart attack, while cycling in the streets. On November 4, 2020, Seno Nugroho's body was buried at the Semaki Gede Public Cemetery, Umbulharjo District, Yogyakarta City.^[3]