Ramayana in Performance Sept. 15, 2011
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Ramayana in PerformanceSept. 15, 2011
Announcements:1) Indonesian writing contest (American citizens). Deadline Oct. 31 – see the blog
2)Remember your blog assignment. Due Sat. by noon.
3)Your Ramayana project! Working on it?
1) Can you relate what in the last three chapters? Quick overview.
1) What are the key arguments put forth by Vali in the exchange on pps. 102-104? How does Rama counter them?
2) “The perfect man takes a false step” – really? Why does this episode, “the saddest part of our great epic,” so bother Narayan?!
3) Those monkeys! What’ the “teaching” in Chap. 7 When the Rains Cease? What historical comment/connection does Global Asia draw?
Monkey Business
Ramayana ArtPen and ink drawingsBihar
Next Week:
We’ll finish Ramayana and discuss ethical debates. * Please come in Tues. with 2-4 episodes that raise questions for you – *Why? *How does Narayan/Kamban handle them?*What other versions have you found? *What perspective does Global AsiaProvide?
Ramayana Art from the Metropolitan Museum, NYC
Ramayana embroidery18th c. Kashmir (Metropolitan Museum)
Painted textile18th c., Coromandel Coast
Hanuman bring the herb19th c., Rajastan
Story Cloths
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y6yjuUH1zk
Story cloth – Bengal(in British Museum)
Ramayana Performances - India
Kathakali Kerala, Southern Indiahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqrpoHgDJ2s
Ram Lila (“the play of Ram”) – Northern IndiaPerformed throughout India during Sept. – Oct.Ends with Ravanna’s death and Ram’s triumphant return to Ayodha
Kerala possesses puppets (string and shadow, other elaborate forms of dance, cloths, embroidery, weavings, temples. Could its geographical location have influenced this florescence of arts?
Ramayana PerformancesSoutheast Asia
Thai KhonA royal dance-drama, a similar version of which exists in Cambodia.-- what aspects of the video below suggest the courtly nature of this performance form?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr6cjhjKr7k&feature=related
Ram Ramayana Ballet, Central JavaModern dance-drama (“sendratari”) based on traditional dance forms. Performed around the full moon outside Prambanan temple
Balinese KecakModern choral drama based on traditional chantshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX1rghsOqu0
Ramayana PerformanceIndonesia (Java/Bali)
Ramayana is actually not a major story in Java or Bali – Mahabharata and other local tales are more frequently performed. So what’s the modern appeal?
Ramayana Puppetry - IndiaTolpava KoothuKerala, India
A Hindu Temple tradition(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WISHw1gv74w)
See also, in our collection: “Borrowed Fire,” Video about this family of puppeteers.
Ramayana Puppetry - JavaWayang KulitWhat are the mystical aspects of shadows?How do they communicate with, intervene withthe ancestors?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJXxWfWHvBc&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL80B074E716F712D7
Ramayana in PerformanceSept. 15, 2011
Announcements:1) Indonesian writing contest (American citizens). Deadline Oct. 31 – see the blog
2)Remember your blog assignment. Due Sat. by noon.
3)Your Ramayana project! Working on it?