From: "Salil Tripathi" <salil61-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: Re:
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 08:36:09 +0000


The Arrow of the Blue-Skinned God, by Jonah Blank, is also worth a look. It 
is a travelogue through contemporary India, the cult of Rama (post-Ayodhya), 
and Ramayana's importance in Indian/Hindu life. Also, the Singapore Art 
Museum had an exhibition of SE Asian Ramayana, shown in 1996 or 1997. It was 
curated by Gauri Krishnan. If you go to the Singapore Govt website, or do a 
google search, you will find access to Singapore's museums. (I think try 
www.nhb.gov.sg, or www.nhb.org.sg -- which is the Natl Heritage Board site). 
Then click on the museum for SE Asian art, and perhaps, there are details 
about the exhibition. Its catalogue had an excellent article about the many 
versions of Ramayana, including the Thai Ramakien, the Kelantanese version, 
as well as the Ramayana imagery in Vietnam.

Salil


>From: Anuradha Ramanujan <aramanujan-AT-yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
>To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
>Subject: Re:
>Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 19:05:49 -0700 (PDT)
>
>One book that comes to mind is _Many Ramayanas: The
>Diversity of a Narrative Tradition in South Asia_
>(edited by Paula Richman). It's been a while since I
>read the book and I can't say for sure that it makes
>references to Indonesian versions of the epic but if
>my memory serves me right, the first section traces
>the diversity of various Buddhist and Hindu traditions
>and might prove useful.
>
>Best,
>
>Anu
>
>
>   --- Simona Sawhney <ssawhney-AT-ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
>wrote:
> > >
> > >I have a student who is interested in reading
> > Indonesian versions of
> > >the Indian epic, the Ramayana (in English). I would
> > be grateful if
> > >someone could tell me what is available and which
> > >translations/editions you recommend. If you have
> > suggestions for
> > >good critical material (a very short bibliography
> > will suffice) that
> > >would also be helpful. Thanks.
> > >
> > >Simona
> >
> >
> >
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