The Baratayudha is the climactic, apocalyptic war in the Javanese shadow puppetry (wayang) tradition, adapted from the ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata. It chronicles the ultimate 18-day fratricidal war fought on the sacred battlefield of Kurukshetra between two factions of the same royal lineage: the virtuous Pandavas (Pandawa) and their envious cousins, the Kauravas (Kurawa). The conflict…