... am prepared to state that every individual among the five hundred millions living in India is aware of the story of The Ramayana..." The Hindu psyche is filled with ideals installed in it by the lessons of The Ramayana, presented by motives, actions, and reactions. Not only is the epic the blueprint for a perfect leader, but also a guidebook for the construction of masculine and feminine gender roles in ancient ... India. The Ramayana, which has had a decisive influence on Indian ... Beauvior: "On ne naît pas femme, on le devient-one is not born a woman, but becomes one" (Hazarika). It...

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... was sent to earth for killing Humbababa, to cause famine and kill the people of Uruk. Working as a team and showing courage, Gilgamesh and Enkidu were able to stop and ultimately killing the bull, preventing it from causing any danger to the city of Uruk. On the same note, the epic story of The Ramayana of Valmiki, Rama showed acts of selfless-service by protecting his counterpart ... in life Sita during the attack of the crow and saving her from the abduction of the evil king Ravana. Not only Rama rescued his wife ... Sita from Ravana, but he also killed Ravana with a special weapon f...

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In my paper I have traced the major touchstones in the history of performance in India, from the epics and the wandering bards to the contemporary theatre of modern India. The post-Vedic literary period marks an important phase in the making of Indian drama. The epics Ramayana and Mahabharata with their dialogue oriented poetic structures, the tradition of recitation by a whole class of reciters, have enriched Indian performance tradition and have ... given the country a distinctive performative culture. Indian culture is essentially the product of oral tradition, which forms the blueprint of...

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