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Art and culture is left unexplored unless it is experienced by self visit. Many turn to virtual entertainment to feel about the place but, it is a mere visual experience and it cannot provide the original flavor of the real visit. A visit to a foreign place becomes memorable and joyful by exploring the culture and art, while sharing the regional and international cuisine with the people of the land. Travel is said to be satisfied, when the place of visit attracts you for its richness, for a next visit.

Exploring the land of Indonesia is incomplete; until the traveler visits Yogyakarta. Yogyakarta is a city in the south of the island of Java. Located around 600 Km away from Jakarta, Yogyakarta, also known as Jogja by some; is a place to appreciate the Javanese art and culture. Javanese art has its attraction and respect for art lovers and cultural appreciators. It is a place where you can find the century old temples and culture that should be toured, when there is a plan for visiting Indonesia.

Yogyakarta is worth describing as it is famous for the Javanese fine art. The form of the art that is famous in java and, especially at Yogyakarta Resort is drama, music, ballets and batik. Cultural heritage is also much appreciated due to the presence of natural landscapes with old temples. These temples speak of its age and it gives this place a reason to show the past of Java and as a small picture of Indonesia.

To get the glimpse of the art and culture, visiting Yogyakarta is important; as it combines dining with the Indonesians at a single place. A resort called Purawisata in Yogyakarta is famous as it highlights the important cultural event by the name Ramayana ballet. Ballets are famous in Indonesia and to explore its importance and the message as an art, drama and story. Visiting Yogyakarta will be the best choice.

Ramayana ballet is a part of the culture of Indonesians. The daily show of the ballet is staged at Purawisata resort. This resort is worth visiting as it has received the Winner of Indonesia Guinness Book of Record (MURI) in 2001. The resort is the best place to dine and get the pleasure of the drama, staged by the artists of the Ramayana ballet. Purawisata resorts are one of the best places to understand about the Javanese art and culture by the cultural workshops held at the resort.

Apart from the new learning of culture, art, fun and society of Indonesia, you would love to engage with the good people of Yogyakarta. The learning about the Yogyakarta culture and people, itself speaks about them and their life, but still, a personal visit to the land is the real visit.

Ramayana ballet is based on the epic Ramayana - Story of the king Rama. He is respected and also worshipped by the peoples of these days as well. The Story of Rama is the model for the story of a king and the humanity as a whole. At the temples of Java in Indonesia, the story of Ramayana is shown as a drama by the artists. It is actually a dance performance that has a theatrical appearance, where the Ramayana ballet is seen by many.

The Ramayana ballet is one of the famous dramas. The story of this Ramayana ballet is still the same and unmodified and is acted by the actors with the same enthusiasm, as was acted years ago. The modern set up is though used and it has increased the glory of Ramayana ballet. Every thing that is traditionally associated with this ballet is still honored and followed.

Here is the brief story of the Ramayana. The Ramayana starts with the childhood days of the great King Rama. His teaching under his masters and a display of his good humane values is described in the story of Ramayana. Rama gets married to Sita. Soon Rama is sent into exile into the forest for 14 years due to unrighteous nature of some members of the family. Rama accepts it for the sake of everyone; Sita and brother Lakshmana also join him. In the forest stay, the demon king Ravana of Lanka abducts Sita by playing tricks on magic. Ravana takes Sita to his kingdom of Lanka. Rama, understands that fools play has been played and takes oath to bring back Sita from wherever she is in this universe. The king Rama starts his journey and a single goal of his life to find Sita. In this journey, he finds the jewels that are thrown by Sita, while been taken by Ravana. By different sources and after meeting the monkey king Hanuman, Rama is able to find the state and condition of Sita at Lanka. A fight happens between the Lanka king Ravana and Rama. Rama wins and gets Sita back. The time of exile also gets over and they return back to their kingdom. This is the most important part of Ramayana that the Ramayana ballet shows in its full enthusiasm. The dance and drama of this Ramayana ballet makes the show authentic.

The dancers and the live performance of this great epic, make the Ramayana ballet; traditional, devotional, and it also exhibits the highest degree of art with dance in a single drama. This takes a lot of training and hard work to be performed on stage and also make it worth watching. The story of Ramayana shows the victory over evil by courage and determination and the same is seen in the artists performing this Ramayana ballet.