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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.