Ramleela

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Hindu festival tradition cultural festival religious drama theatrical performance

Ramleela is a traditional dramatic reenactment of the Hindu epic Ramayana, performed as a community religious and cultural festival, particularly around the time of Dussehra.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ramleela canonical 1
Ramlila 1
Ramlila theatre traditions 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu festival tradition ⓘ
cultural festival ⓘ
religious drama ⓘ
theatrical performance ⓘ
associatedWithFestival Dussehra ⓘ
Navaratri ⓘ
audience local community ⓘ
basedOn Ramayana ⓘ
climaxEvent burning of Ravana effigy ⓘ
celebration of Rama’s victory ⓘ
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
culturalSignificance expression of Hindu religious identity ⓘ
preservation of epic storytelling traditions ⓘ
depicts abduction of Sita ⓘ
battle between Rama and Ravana ⓘ
exile of Rama ⓘ
life of Rama ⓘ
duration multiple days ⓘ
often 9–10 nights ⓘ
genre devotional theatre ⓘ
folk theatre ⓘ
includes dance ⓘ
dialogue ⓘ
music ⓘ
narration ⓘ
language Awadhi ⓘ
Bhojpuri ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
regional Indian languages ⓘ
mainCharacter Hanuman ⓘ
Lakshmana ⓘ
Rama ⓘ
Ravana ⓘ
Sita ⓘ
participants local community members ⓘ
performanceType open-air theatre ⓘ
processional performance ⓘ
popularIn Bihar ⓘ
Delhi ⓘ
Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
Rajasthan ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
purpose community bonding ⓘ
moral education ⓘ
religious devotion ⓘ
region northern India ⓘ
surface form: North India
religion Hinduism ⓘ
typicalTimeOfYear September–October ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indo-Caribbean people → culturalPractice → Ramleela ⓘ
Dussehra → associatedConcept → Ramleela ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ramlila
Ramcharitmanas → influenceOn → Ramleela ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ramlila theatre traditions