Ramona Pageant

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The Ramona Pageant is a long-running outdoor play in Hemet, California, often billed as the state's official outdoor drama, that dramatizes Helen Hunt Jackson’s novel "Ramona" and the region’s early Californio and Native American history.

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Ramona (1928 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical pageant
outdoor play
theatrical production
audience local residents
school groups
tourists
basedOn novel Ramona
basedOnWorkBy Helen Hunt Jackson NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts Native American history in Southern California
Spanish and Mexican-era California
cultural conflicts between settlers and Native Americans
early Californio history
genre historical drama
outdoor drama
hasCulturalSignificance California historical memory
regional identity of Hemet, California
includesElement costume drama
dance
music
language English
location Hemet, California NERFINISHED
notableFor annual large-scale community production
association with California’s official outdoor drama designation
being one of the longest-running outdoor plays in the United States
performanceType live theatre
open-air performance
portrays Californio culture
Native American communities of the region
romanticized vision of 19th-century California
relatedEthnicGroup Cahuilla people NERFINISHED
Californios NERFINISHED
Luiseño people NERFINISHED
relatedPlace Hemet Bowl amphitheater NERFINISHED
relatedWork novel Ramona
settingOfStory Rancho-era California NERFINISHED
Southern California NERFINISHED
state California, United States
surface form: California
subject life of mixed-heritage heroine Ramona
story of Ramona
treatment of Native Americans in 19th-century California
theme cultural assimilation in 19th-century California
intercultural romance
loss of Native lands
social justice for Native Americans
venueType amphitheater

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Hemet knownFor Ramona Pageant
Hemet hasEvent Ramona Pageant
Dolores del Río notableWork Ramona Pageant
this entity surface form: Ramona (1928 film)