Ramlila, the enactment of the story of Lord Rama is believed to have been started by great Saint Tulsidas. The Ramcharitmanas, written by him till today forms the basis of Ramlila performances. In some places, Ramlila is associated with the Vijayadashmi celebrations in late Sept. & early Oct. and also with Ramnavami, the birthday of Lord Rama.
Ramlila, basically an enactment of a myth, is presented as a. cycle-play with the story varying from 7 to 31 days. The Ramlila performance evokes a festive atmosphere & enables observance of religious rites. It is also rich in performance crafts such as costume jewellery, masks, headgear, make-up and decoration.
The four main Ramlila styles are the pantomimic style with a predominance of jhankis - tableaux pageants; the dialogue - based style with multi - local staging; the operatic style which draws its musical elements from the folk operas of the region and the stage - Ramlila of the professional troupes called "mandalis
This is a scene of a ramlila when angad the ambasdur of rama goes to the ravana durbar to aviod war between rama and ravana and in the role of ravana my self NEERAJ CHAWLA
did this happen in fiji
sumeet236 3 years ago
AMAZING!!!! you are really good!!!
raja1530 3 years ago