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Monday, April 28, 2008

Ramayana Ballet Synopsis

In Krendayana forest, a part of Dandaka, Rahwana the King of Alengka orders one of his soldiers, Kala Maricha to change himself into a Golden Deer and asks him to seduce Rama, Shinta and Laksmana.

Meanwhile, in the other part of the same forest, Rama, Shinta and Laksmana enjoy the freshness of the bright weather by gathering flowers and watching beautiful animals living in the forest. Suddenly, an animal with the golden fur appears. Shinta is attracted and wants to posses the animal. Rama, Shinta and Laksmana try to catch it but the beautiful animal is very difficult to touch. Then the Deer runs away.

When Shinta is alone because Rama and Laksmana hunt the deer, Rahwana is able to kidnap her. In the sky, they meet Jatayu, the king of birds who wants to save the Princess but Jatayu is defeated and falls onto the ground. Before Jatayu dies, he tells Rama that Shinta is kidnapped.

On the way to Alengka, Rama and Laksmana bump across the white monkey Hanoman who is ordered by Sugriwa to find someone to help him fight Subali to get Goa Kiskenda back. Rama does not mind and succeeds in killing Subali and then he is crowned as the king of monkeys in Pancawati Kingdom. As a king, Rama has hanoman to go to Alengka to see the condition of Shinta.

In Alengka, after giving Rama’s ring to Shinta and as an answer Shinta gives her hairpin ornament, Hanoman wants to know the strength of Rahwana’s kingdom. Soon afterwards, he destroys the beautiful Arga Soka Garden. Knowing this, Rahwana becomes very angry and commands his men to burn the white creature but Hanoman does not die because of his supernatural power, even he takes with him some burning woods and flies in the sky then drops them throughout the building.

When the battle between Rama’s monkey and Rahwana’s giant soldiers takes place, Hindrajit asks Kumbokarno for a help but Kumbokarno cannot win the fight, even he is defeated by Rama. Hindrajit wants to support his uncle but unfortunately Laksmana is able to finish the fight. Hindrajit runs away reporting the situation to Rahwana in the Palace. Rahwana goes to fight Rama but at last he is defeated and killed.

Hanoman fetches Shinta who is very happy to meet her husband. However, Rama rejects her for he suspects about his wife’s purity and asks Shinta to have a holy bath by jumping into the burning fire. Shinta calmly jumps into the holy fire since in her mind she feels that she is totally pure. The God of fire, Brahma, comes down from the heaven and puts the fire out. He tells Rama that Shinta is really pure. Both Rama and Shinta pay a tribute with their hands folded before their forehead to Brahma. Lastly, they return to Pancawati happily.

Ramayana is a very beautiful story and people will keep performing and watching it.
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Sunday, April 27, 2008

Indonesian Folklore

Indonesia is famous for its Folklores. Each region has their own specialties that one can widely explore. Many of them are stories that tell us about the war between the good versus the evil.
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