Ramlila

**Ramlila** (; din gbunni 'Rama's lila bee dɛma') nyɛla kpɛrigu dɛma din kuli wuhri "Rama" biɛhhigu "Hindu epic *[[Ramayana]]"* bee litricha din pahiri buyi n wuhi shɛm kamani *[[Ramcharitmanas]]*.Di nyɛla din kui wuhiri  Hindu buɣa din tabi Rama kpɛrti mini wahi, din pahhiri yuuni yuuni (autumn) chuɣu ni Navaratri, India tiŋgnani ni. Zaligu din daa zali n-ti yɛlviɛla mini zaɣibiɛri sunsuuni,Ramlila daa zani di naba zuɣu Vijayadashami (Dussehra)yuŋ churi ni ka bɛ nyɔ "giant grotesque effigies" yɛlbiɛri kamani rakshasa (demon) Ravana.

Rama n-nyɛ din pahiri "avatar" buyopɔin Hindu buɣili Vishnu mini "central figure of the *Ramayana" ni*, "Sanskrit epic" din laɣindi dɛma mini lahabaya din wuhiri biɛhigu. Di yɛltɔɣa taɣamalisi sabbu sabimi n sɔŋ 1st millennium BCE ka Ramlila kpuɣi lala lahabaya ŋɔ.  Ramlila nima pam din be North India nyɛla din biɛhigu doli 16th-century tuma din pahi buyi ni Ramayana, *[[Ramcharitmanas]]* lahabali yaɣishɛli din pahi lala yaɣili maa zuliya yɛltɔɣa ni (Awadhi balli din nyɛ Hindi), Tulsidas nima dini.Lala yɛltɔɣa ŋɔ ka bɛ mai n diri alizama bɛ kali yɛltɔɣa ni. Ramlila committees (*Samitis*) n su "Open-air productions",ka tiŋkansi bee fɔna ban baɣili su ariziki ku n niŋ din ni. Bɛ malila bɛ ni wuhiri shɛba lala kpɛrigu waa ŋɔ, amaa di wabu dali nyɛla din laɣindi salo pam. Lala ŋɔ pahila Hindu kaya ni taɣada puuni, din zani n-ti di bug'dobba mini bug'paɣaba amaa ka di leei nyɛ din be Rama, Durga (dini n-nyɛ Durga Puja) mini Krishna (dini n-nyɛ Rasalila), dini n-nyɛ churi din mali yuli Indian yaɣli.

Ramlila churi nyɛla UNESCOnima ni kali shɛli m-pahi "Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity" ni yuuni 2008. Taarihi ni, Ramlila nyɛla din be Hindu tiŋ'si ni kamani Ayodhya, Varanasi, Vrindavan, Almora, Satna n-ti pahi Madhubani –tiŋ'sh`eŋa din be Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar n'ti pji Madhya Pradesh. Lala yɛltɔɣataɣamalisi ŋɔ mini di kpɛrgu kpɛribu kpɛla Southeast Asia 1st millennium CE, ka *Ramayana* nima *Ramlila pahila* Indonesia kaya ni taɣada shɛli ni, di bahi bahindi Hindu tiŋ'si ni kamani Bali, Myanmar, Cambodia n-ti pahi Thailand. 19th mini 20th centuries ha, di ni daa niŋ ka "Indian diaspora"yi n chaŋ European colonies" nti leei indentured servants, Ramlila kaya ni taɣada churi pa bela dunia yaɣa kamani Mauritius, Africa, Fiji, Guyana, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, Suriname, n-ti pahi Trinidad and Tobago. Di lahi be la United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Australia, n-ti pahi New Zealand.

## Etymology and nomenclature
*Ramlila nyɛla* Sanskritbachinima din laɣim taba "Rama" ("Vishnu avatar") ni "Lila" (dɛmat). James Lochtefeld yɛliya,ni bachinima maa wuhirila "Rama kpɛrigu dɛma" din nyɛlla deen shɛli bɛ ni dɛmdi nimmohi ka lahi nyɛ "adiini yɛl'kpeeni" din mali anfaani n-ti bɛ ban niŋdi li maa mini ban yuuni zaa.

Ram Lila gbunni lɛbigibu, states Norvin Hein, nyɛla "Rama's sport".

Ninvuɣi shɛba bɛ ni wuhui ka bɛ niŋdi Ramlila nyɛla bɛ ni booni ninvuɣ'shɛba *Mandalis*.

## Taarihi

Lala chuɣu ŋɔ nyɛla India kali, ka Sanskrit Hindu sabbu *[[Natya Shastra]]* wuhiri di niŋbu affani nima din doli ŋɔ na:



Let Nātya (drama and dance) be the fifth vedic scripture.
Combined with an epic story, 
tending to virtue, wealth, joy and spiritual freedom, 
it must contain the significance of every scripture, 
and forward every art.

— *Nātyaśāstra* 1.14–15


Ramlilan-nyɛ niriba pam ni toooi puhiri chuɣu shɛli pam Hinduism. Ramayanayɛltɔɣatamalisi pili la 1st millennium BCE,ka di nyɛ Itihasa India litricha balibu puuni yini. Ramlila chuɣu ni puhi piligu yuun shɛli n-leei bi neei. *[[Ramcharitmanas]] tuuli niŋbu* 16th century Tulsidas bɛ sabi sɔŋ, amaa kali ni wuhi shɛm, o shikuru bila Megha Bhagat yɛlimi jɛndi *Ramcharitmanas din dalim* Ramlila yuuni 1625.Norvin Hein ni yɛli shɛm, Buɣa mini adiini bɔhimbu baŋda ŋun bɔhimbu jɛndi Indology, Ramlila daa be la "vogue" ni pɔi ni 1625, di yi kuli bi yuui North India di saha paaya kamani 1200 mini 1500 CE, amaa di yaa daa dalim la Valmiki's *Ramayana*. Richard Schechne yɛltɔɣa puuni, Ramlilazilim n gari, din chanimi ni Sanskrit saabu mini ʒemana binyɛra.

## Kundivihira
44. Shri Sitaram Dharmmandal, Saraiharkhu Ramleela www.dharmmandal.com

### Bibliography

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**Actors, Pilgrims, Kings And Gods: The Ramlila of Ramnagar*, by Anuradha Kapur, Seagull, 2006. .
*"Peasants in the Pacific: A Study of Fiji Indian Rural Society," Adrian C. Mayer, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1973.
*"The Cambridge Guide to Asian Theatre," James R. Brandon, Cambridge University Press, 1997.

## External links

* Ramlila at Ramnagar Fort Varanasi-find all info
*Shri Sitaram DharmMandal, Saraiharkhu Jaunpur Ramleela from 1932https://www.dharmmandal.com/