Ramayana Ballet, Drama in Typical of Javanese Dance

Ramayana Ballet is the performing arts are beautiful, amazing andhard to compare. Performance is able to unite various Javanese arts such as dance, drama and music on one stage and onemomentum to present the story of Ramayana, Valmiki's legendaryepic written in Sanskrit. 

The story of Ramayana is sung on this show are similar to thosecarved on the temple of Prambanan. Like the fabled, Ramayana story carved on the most beautiful Hindu temple similar to the storyin oral tradition in India. The road is long and suspenseful story issummarized in four plays or round, kidnapping Sinta, Anoman mission to Alengka, death Kumbakarna or Ravana, andRama-Sinta reunion.

The whole story is presented in a series of dance movementsperformed by the beautiful dancers accompanied by gamelan music. You are invited to actually dissolve in the story and observe every movement of the dancers to know the story. Nodialogue is spoken of the dancers, the only speakers are sindendepicting the storyline through the songs in the Java languagewith a distinctive voice.

The story begins when King Janaka held a contest to determine the companion Dewi Shinta (daughter) who eventually won RamaWijaya. Followed by the adventures of Rama, Shinta and Rama'sbrother Laksmana in the forest named Dandaka. In the forest they met Ravana's wish to have them as the incarnation Shinta DewiWidowati, a woman who has long sought.

To attract the attention of Shinta, Ravana change of his followersnamed Marica into Deer. The effort was successful becauseShinta was captivated and asked Rama to chase the deer. Ramaafter long search Laksama not come back while Shintaabandoned and given a magic circle of protection so that Ravanacould kidnap. Protection because it failed after Ravana abductedShinta successfully transform themselves into the figure of Drona.

At the end of the story, Shinta been won back from Ravana byHanuman, the monkey figure agile and powerful. But when brought back, Rama Shinta just do not believe anymore and regard has been tarnished. To prove the sanctity of self, Shintaasked to burn his body. Purity of Shinta proven because his bodydid not burn anything but she became more beautiful. Rama was finally accepted back as a wife.

You will not be disappointed if this excellent performancebecause not only dance and music are being prepared. Lighting is prepared in such a way that not only the rays that dumb, but is able to describe certain events in the story. So did the makeupon each dancer, not only beautify but also able to describe thecharacter played by character so the audience can easily recognize even though there was no dialogue.

You also can find not only dance, but also scenes of interest such as fireball game acrobatics and agility of a dancer. A charmingfire ball game can be found Hanuman originally typed will be burned alive just managed to burn Ravana's kingdomAlengkadiraja. While the stunt could be found when the followers of Hanuman fought with Ravana. The game was about to firewhen Shinta burn itself is also interesting to watch.

In Yogyakarta, there are two places to watch Ramayana Ballet.First, in Purawisata Yogyakarta, located at Jalan Brig Katamso, east of the Sultan's Palace. In a place that had a record-breakingIndonesian Record Museum (MURI) in 2002 after staging the ballet every day without fail for 25 years, you'll get the dinnerpackage at once to see ballet. Place of watching the other is in Prambanan Temple, the place of the original Ramayana storycarved on temple reliefs.