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Actors, Pilgrims, Kings and Gods
Anuradha Kapur
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Description for Actors, Pilgrims, Kings and Gods
Paperback. The Ramlila at Ramnagar, Varanasi is a unique theatrical and religious event, an annual, month-long enactment of the Ramayana story. The performance covers a whole town and involves an entire community. Documenting the unique tradition, this book talks about the svarupas, effigies, masks, Ramayanis, Vyasas, gods, goddesses, demons and monkeys. Num Pages: 258 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; HRLF; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
The Ramlila at Ramnagar, Varanasi is a unique theatrical and religious event, an annual, month-long enactment of the Ramayana story. The performance covers a whole town and involves an entire community. Men, women and children follow the course of the processional performance, accompanying Rama from his exile to his triumphant return to Ayodhya to partake of the joy and glory of Ramarajya. Readers are plunged into the rich and lively experience of the Ramlila with its svarupas, effigies, masks, Ramayanis, Vyasas, gods, goddesses, demons and monkeys; with its theatrical gimmickry and spectacle and marvels; with its thronging, surging crowds. Performers ... Read more
The Ramlila at Ramnagar, Varanasi is a unique theatrical and religious event, an annual, month-long enactment of the Ramayana story. The performance covers a whole town and involves an entire community. Men, women and children follow the course of the processional performance, accompanying Rama from his exile to his triumphant return to Ayodhya to partake of the joy and glory of Ramarajya. Readers are plunged into the rich and lively experience of the Ramlila with its svarupas, effigies, masks, Ramayanis, Vyasas, gods, goddesses, demons and monkeys; with its theatrical gimmickry and spectacle and marvels; with its thronging, surging crowds. Performers ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
Greenford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905422203
SKU
V9781905422203
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Ref
99-15
About Anuradha Kapur
Anuradha Kapur, theatre critic and scholar, is a lecturer at the National School of Drama, New Delhi.
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