RAMLEELA iSTORIES Told in Bani, Sohar, Tan, BaithaK Gana, Madrasi Singing, Music, Drums, Dance and Drama, Sept 29 - Dec 7, 2013
- Presentation 2: Saturday, December 7, 2013 from 6-9 p.m. Repeat By Popular Demand!
- Presentation 1: Sunday, September 29, 2013 from 5-9 p.m.
RAMLEELA STORIES TOLD IN BANI, SOHAR, TAN, BAITHAK GANA AND MADRASI MUSIC, SONGS, DRUMS, DANCE & DRAMA
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Concept & Development Pritha Singh, Karna Singh, Romanee Kalicharran, Sasha Parmasad, Sharda Shakti Singh, Anil Mangal, Benrnard Shankar, Cecil Sinclair. Consultants: Dr. Rabindranath Maharaj and Dr. Satnarine Balkaransingh. Pandit Charran. Production Pritha Singh, Techical Malcolm Hall, Jacob Kanner. Photos: Nala Singham, Video: Robby Soman.
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Performed By Womens Singing Gol led by Shrimati Ragbir, Joelchandra Babloe Shankar, Kowsilla Shankar, Chandradat "Putsy" Maharaja,Pritha Singh, Romanee Kalicharran, Bernard Benji Shankar, Rick Ramdehal, Radha Singh, John Harihar, Sailesh Shankar. NY Ramayana Gol Pandit. Charran and Cecil Sinclair (Custodians), Ishri Prasad (Vice-Captain), Yogesh Dhanram, Chetram Prasad, Ram Bishnu, Mahendra Sawh, Ramnarase, Rajdhanie, Lakeram Rajdhanie, Kesh Ramnarine. Shree Maha Kali Devi Mandir Music and Dance Group: Anil Mangal (Custodian).
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RAMLEELA is music-dance-drama on the life of Avatar, Rama, hero of the Indian epic, The Ramayana, who lived over 5000 years, ago. Ramleela is the longest running village theater in the world and it continues to flourish in India and places like the Caribbean, enacting the trials and triumps of a noble son returning home to Ayodhya with his virtuous wife, Sita, after 14 years of exile and abduction to Lanka by the powerful King, Ravana. Ramleela's enduring tradition combines songs, music, drums, narration and mime. It is truly the People's Theater, assuming the roles of celestial and nature beings, animals, plants and mythical kings.Through their own unique enactment, they transform a simple story to a mirror image of their own living conditions in rebirth, year after year, during Ramleela. This Indo-Caribbean leela is fast disappearing from the cultural tapestry, thriving only in Trinidad. Brought to the Americas since 1838 by East Indian Indentured Laborers. Ramleela continues to resonate in the hearts of the people, who have infused it with their own unique and joyous, Indo-Caribbean flavor and style. At the Rajkumari Cultural Center we are not proud of losing our own, precious heritage... so we are working with the best Practitioners, Master Artists and Scholars for the Indo-Caribbean Ramleela to take root in New York to preserve our ancestral legacy for new generations born in the U.S. Read More Festivals in the Caribbean
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The Kitchrie Annual Festival is made possible, in part,, with public funds from New York State Council on the Art, a state agency. New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and New York City Council. And with the generous support of our Business/Media Sponsors, Individual Donors, Volunteers and the Community.
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