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Hanuman and Monkey: March 16-17, 2002

Workshop Page (Resources and Lessons) | Hanuman | Monkey

Nyoman Kariasa, guest music director of Gamelan Sekar Jaya, dances the role of Hanuman

Hanuman's army builds a bridge to Lanka - 6th grade illustration - Portola Valley Middle School 2002

ORIAS Ramayana pages: India | Southeast Asia
http://orias.berkeley.edu/hero/ramayana/index.html
http://orias.berkeley.edu/SEARama/RamaOverview.htm

Gamelan Sekar Jaya's home page
http://www.gsj.org/

Edsitement (NEH resource portal) has a number of resources on Ramayana with Hanuman.

Jyoti Rout's dance demonstration of selections from Navarasa ("Nine Moods").
http://orias.berkeley.edu/hero/ramayana/dance.htm

Thai version of Hanuman's Journey to Longka on the SEAsite at Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, Illinois.
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Thai/literature/ramakian/text.htm

Snaith Primary School (UK) retelling of Indian Ramayana - Hanuman finds Sita.
http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/ram41.htm

Indian shadow puppet template for Hanuman (Instructions)
http://www.civilization.ca/cultur/inde/indact3e.html#Hanuman

Hindu commentary on and religious images of Hanuman:
http://www.koausa.org/Gods/God5.html
http://www.hindunet.org/hindu_pictures/GodandGoddesses/hanuman/index.shtml
http://www.freeindia.org/biographies/greatdevotees/hanumantha/index.htm

Hanuman Jayanti (Hanuman's birthday festival) is described as well as Hanuman's special association with wrestlers and body-builders. The, strangely enough, is part of an Indian site called Ruchi's Kitchen devoted to food. As part of their food festivals section they have a very student accessible collection of Indian stories including Hanuman's adventures in the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, with special attention to Hindu ritual and philosophy. Colorful illustrations
http://www.ruchiskitchen.com/kids/mythology.htm .

Kamat's Potpourri has an excellent collection of different images of Hanuman in Indian Art. It also has an useful Glossary of Indian Terms (including characters from the Ramayana). This is a pretty amazing site put together by members of the Kamat family full of great images, timelines, glossaries, etc. Beware -- the front page could send a student straight to their Erotic Arts of India page which might be a wee bit explicit for a middle school student!
http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/hindu/hanuman.htm

One version of Hanuman's origins can be found at the Hindu site: Hanuman the Monkey God I do not know anything about the author (who remains anonymous).

MONKEY
(Image of Monkey peeing on the Buddha's hand (on the ceiling of lecture hall at Haeinsa Temple in Korea)

Gene Yang's Monkey Kingdom site.
http://www.humblecomics.com/monkey/

Chinese paintings illustrating early episodes of The Monkey King. (China on Site)
http://www.china-on-site.com/monkey.php

Brief outline of Journey to the West on China the Beautiful site by Dr. Ming L. Pei
http://www.chinapage.com/monkey/monkey.html

6th grade curriculum on-line developed by Julie Kulik, Kaijia Gu and David Patt; sponsored by theaa East Asia Program at Cornell University, with funding from the Freeman Foundation.
Background essay on Xuanzang from the AskAsia.
http://www.askasia.org/teachers/essays/essay.php?no=35

BIBLIOGRAPHY of selected materials displayed at institute
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
Recommended by Gene Yang
Journey to the West (4-Volume Boxed Set) by Wu Cheng'en, W.J.F. Jenner (Translator)
The whole story.
Monkey/Folk Novel of China by Ch'Eng-En Wu, Arthur Waley
This is the classic abridged version -- very readable. Waley leaves out large pieces of the journey but keeps it down to one volume.
Monkey : A Journey to the West [ABRIDGED] by David Kherdian, Wu Ch'En-En
This abridged version is newer than Waley's translation and also makes a good read. Includes beautiful illustrations.
Adventures of Monkey King by Cheng-En Wu, R. L. Gao, Marlys Johnson-Barton (Illustrator) This is a funny children's version which substitutes European figures for some of the Chinese characters -- such as "fairy godmother" for "Queen Mother of the West"
Monkey King by Ed Young. . New York: HarperCollins, 2001. Picture book
The Silk Road Journey with Xuanzang, by Sally Hovey Wriggins (Boulder, CO Westview Press, 2004). Real life adventures of the Tang dynasty monk's 17-year journey to India on which the Ming novel is loosely based.

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