• Rarmayana is a typical dance that doesn't limit to Indonesia, and is seen in Thailand and India. This is a story in the theater named PURAWISATA of Yogyakarta.

• The Ramayana is an ancient Sanskrit epic attributed to the poet Valmiki and an important part of the Hindu canon. The name Ramayana is a tatpurusa compound of Rama and ayana "going, advancing", translating to "the travels of Rama". The Ramayana consists of 24,000 verses in seven cantos and tells the mythological story of Rama, whose wife Sita is abducted by the demon (Rakshasa) king of Lanka, Ravana. Verses are written in thirty two syllable meter called Anustubh. In its current form, the Valmiki Ramayana is dated from 500 BCE to 100 BCE, or about co-eval to early versions of the Mahabharata. The Ramayana is part of the Itihasa. Valmiki's version is the oldest written form and the most authentic.
  
  Structure of Valmiki Ramayana
  1. Book of the young Rama which details the miraculous birth of Rama, his early life in Ayodhya, his slaying of the demons of the forest at the request of Vishvamitra and his wedding with Sita.
  2. Book of Ayodhya in which Dasharatha comes to grief over his promise to Kaikeyi and the start of Rama's exile.
  3. Book of the Forest which describes Rama's life in the forest and the abduction of Sita by Ravana.
  4. Book of Kishkinda, the Vanara kingdom in which Rama befriends Sugriva and the Vanara army and begins the search for Sita.
  5. Book of Sundara (Hanuman) in which Hanuman travels to Lanka and finds Sita imprisoned there and brings back the good news to Rama.
  6. Book of the War, which narrates the Rama-Ravana war and the return of the successful Rama to Ayodhya and his coronation.
  7. Epilogue, which details the life of Rama and Sita after their return to Ayodhya, Sita's banishment and how Sita and Rama pass on to the next world.
  
  Variant versions
  The epic story of Ramayana was adopted by several cultures across Asia. Shown here is a Thai historic artwork depicting the battle which took place between Rama and Ravana.As in many oral epics, multiple versions of the Ramayana survive. There is an extensive tradition of oral storytelling based on the Ramayana in Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia and Maldives.
  
  Southeast Asian versions
  Many other Asian cultures have adapted the Ramayana, resulting in other national epics. Kakawin Ramayana is an old Javanese rendering of the Sanskrit Ramayana from ninth century Indonesia. It is a faithful rendering of the Hindu epic with very little variation.
  Thailand's popular national epic Ramakien is derived from the Hindu epic. In Ramakien, Sita is the daughter of Ravana and Mandodari. So Ravana has her thrown into the waters, who, later, is picked by Janaka (Janok). While the main story is identical to that of the Ramayana, many other aspects were transposed into a Thai context, such as the clothes, weapons, topography, and elements of nature, which are described as being Thai in style. It has an expanded role for Hanuman and he is portrayed as a lascivious character. Ramakien can be seen in an elaborate illustration at the Wat Phra Kaew temple in Bangkok.
  Other Southeast Asian adaptations include Ramakavaca of Bali (Indonesia), Maradia Lawana and Darangen of the Philippines, the Reamker of Cambodia and the Yama Zatdaw of Myanmar. Aspects of the Chinese epic Journey to the West were also inspired by the Ramayana, particularly the character Sun Wukong, who is believed to have been based on Hanuman. Source: Wikipedia

Prince Rama, his wife Sita and brother Raksmana entered the forest by the trap of the following of Ravana, who transmogrified into the dear of gold.
When two men went to catch the dear leaving the princess, she was abducted by Ravana.
Jatayu, who is a bird and prince Rama's companion, tells the prince for his princess to be captured, and the breath discontinues.
Prince Rama let the boss of monkey, Hanuman, go to Arenca, Kingdom of Ravana to search for princess appearance.
Hanuman was finally captured by Hindragid, who is Ravana's right hand, and put the fire but survives.
After Ravana visited Sita in the garden, he fought with Rama. Rama hardly won and Hanuman rescued the princess.
Prince asks Princess to jump into the fire to prove her innocence.

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