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Ramayana in Odissi Dance

Interview with Jyoti Rout - Page 2
Ramayana Dance Introduction
(Is it unusual to tell the Ramayana through dance? --Michele Delattre)
 
It's very common in India. The art forms of the spiritual stories are conveyed to people through paintings, through singing, dancing.

It's a common thing in Indian household to have evening rituals and morning rituals when the old people read scriptures Ramayana, Mahabharata, and discuss it with kids. It's very much alive in the culture and in the homes there are prayers about Lord Ram and Ramayana and Bhagavad Gita. They're there pretty much every day so we grew up hearing about it.

A lot of the time, particularly Ramayana, once a year there is the festival called Ram Lila. And that particular time the story of Rama and Ramayana is performed in different parts of India, different languages, and in different traditions.




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