Articles tagged ‘Ramayana’

Ramayana Shopping Mall Denpasar Bali

By Nick | September 25th, 2006 | 3 Comments »

Ramayana Shopping mall is a place most westerners don’t visit. But a trip to Denpasar might take you past this past. If you head north on Jl. Tueku Umar and keep going, taking the compulsory left turn, onto Jl. Diponegoro, you will see the large orange-brick Ramayana Mall on the right hand side.

 

Wayang Wong: A traditional Balinese dance

By Nick | July 28th, 2006 | Add a Comment »

Bali has many traditional dances, one of which is the Wayang Wong. Wayang Wong is a dramatic dance drama and is taken form the Indian epic, the Ramayana. The word ‘wayang’ means shadow puppet, and the Ramayana used to be performed as a shadow puppet theatre. The word ‘wong’ means people, and with a simplification [...]

 

A Version of the Ramayana Epic: Denpasar, Bali

By Barrie | July 13th, 2006 | Add a Comment »

With the Bali Arts Festival drawing to a close and also the Ramayana Festival of which it is part, a new take on the performance by Suardana and the Arti Foundation was performed.

 

Festival Showcases Ramayana: Denpasar, Bali

By Barrie | June 30th, 2006 | Add a Comment »

The Bali Arts Festival is currently underway in Denpasar and attracting visitors and participating foreign dancers alike. One of the dances showcased is that of the Ramayana as part of International Ramayana Festival, a cultural gathering held in conjunction with the 28th Bali Arts Festival.
In Yogyakarta in Central Java this dance is a mammoth spectacular [...]