Ram Lila

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Ramlila is a performance of the Ramayana epic in a series of scenes that include song, narration, recital, and dialogue.

It was included in the UNESCO'S List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2008.

It is performed across northern India during the festival of Dussehra, held each year according to the ritual calendar in autumn.

Ayodhya, Ramnagar, and Benares, as well as Vrindavan, Almora, Sattna, and Madhubani, have the most typical Ramlila.

The Ramayana is based on the Ramacharitmanas, which is one of the most popular narrative genres in the country's north.

Tulsidas authored this sacred poem devoted to the glory of Rama, the hero of the Ramayana, in a kind of Hindi in the sixteenth century to make the Sanskrit epic accessible to all.

Since 1972, Bakshi ka Talab has hosted another one-of-a-kind Ramlila, near Lucknow, where Rama, Lakshman, and Hanuman are the main protagonists Muslim teenagers are playing, which is a significant deviation from the norm.

This 'Us gaon ki ramlila' has also been made as a radio drama, to develop a sense of community among the people.