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	Literature and Himmapan
		The tale’s well known not only in India, but also in many South East Asia countries.
		“Ramakien” is a version of Ramayana in Thailand.
		Ramayana was originally written by a sage Valmiki in the Sanskrit language and later on it was translated into other languages in different versions.
	www.himmapan.com /literature_himmapan.html (1800 words)

	Ramakien Summary
		While Thailand is considered a Theravada Buddhist society, the Brahman mythology derived from the Ramakien serves to provide Thai legends with a creation myth, as well as representations for the spirits that both help and hinder humans on their way to enlightenment, as well as a balance to the superstitions derived from Chinese animism.
		The Ramakien of Rama I is considered one of the masterpieces of the Thai literature.
		The tales of the Ramakien are similar to those of the Ramayana, though transferred to the topography and culture of Ayutthaya, where the avatar of Phra Narai (the Thai incarnation of Vishnu) is reborn as Phra Ram.
	www.bookrags.com /Ramakien (1384 words)

	Ramakien at AllExperts
		While Thailand is considered a Theravada Buddhist society, the Brahman mythology derived from the Ramakien serves to provide Thai legends with a creation myth, as well as representations for the spirits that both help and hinder humans on their way to enlightenment, as well as a balance to the superstitions derived from Chinese animism.
		The Ramakien of Rama I is considered one of the masterpieces of the Thai literature.
		The tales of the Ramakien are similar to those of the Ramayana, though transferred to the topography and culture of Ayutthaya, where the avatar of Phra Narai (the Thai incarnation of Vishnu) is reborn as Phra Ram.
	en.allexperts.com /e/r/ra/ramakien.htm (1182 words)

	Ramakien (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Ramakien is Thailand 's national epic, derived from the India n Ramayana epic.
		A number of versions of the epic were lost in the destruction of Ayutthaya in 1767.
		A painted representation of the Ramakien is displayed at Bangkok 's Wat_Phra_Kaew.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Ramakien.html (170 words)

	Department of Comparative Literature
		This thesis's objective is to study the story of Ramakien, concentrating on the relationship between the literary texts and visual arts.
		The Ramakien of King Rama I's version Mural Paintings have an influence to create the verse describing of the Mural Paintings.
		But the Ramakien Bas-reliefs and the verse describing are created to support each other.
	www.arts.chula.ac.th /~complit/thesis/thesis_en/1996.htm (749 words)

	Ramakien - Definition, explanation
		Ramakien is Thailand's national epic, derived from the Indian Ramayana epic.
		The Ramakien Ramas I. is considered as one of the masterpieces of the Thai literature and had large influence on their development.
		Phra RAM - Main figure (corresponds to the Rama of the Ramayana), which property embodies; it is introduced to the Ramakien as a son of the king Ekathotsarot of Ayutthaya and is the Inkarnation of the God Phra Narai.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/r/ra/ramakien.php (1076 words)

	‘Rak' on Rocky Ground - July 31, 2006 - The New York Sun
		"Ramakien" draws on an ancient Indian legend called the "Ramayana," which was adapted for the Thais by King Rama I of Siam around 1800.
		Indeed, the concept for "Ramakien" came from an American producer, Tim Carr, who currently lives in Thailand and represents the three well-known Thai rock bands that are the primary participants in "Ramakien" — Sek Loso, Modern Dog, and the Photo Sticker Machine.
		But "Ramakien," bizarrely, never told the story we had been primed by the printed program to expect.When the curtain descended after an hour and 20 minutes, the audience — clearly dumbfounded by the abrupt ending — never had the chance to see anything resembling a floating princess or a funeral pyre.
	www.nysun.com /article/37003 (882 words)

	The Ramakien (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Ramakien is the Thai version of the more famous Indian Ramayama.
		I will be working on this set of photographs for some time as I want to explain the story of the Ramakien as well as identify what is happening in each photographs.
		The version of the Ramakien shown in these photographs is actually that dictated by King Rama I who started the construction of the Grand Palace area.
	users.bigpond.net.au /lsc/ionad/Thailand/Ramakien (124 words)

	Ramakien - MedPort-Lexikon
		Aus der Regierungszeit König Ramas I. stammen auch die Malereien mit Darstellungen von Szenen aus dem Ramakien an den Wänden der, den Wat Phra Kaeo in der neuen Hauptstadt Bangkok umgebenden, Mauer.
		Das Ramakien wurde seit seiner Entstehung zu einem festen Bestandteil der thailändischen Kultur.
		Das Ramakien Ramas I. gilt als eines der Meisterwerke der thailändischen Literatur und hatte großen Einfluß auf deren Entwicklung.
	www.medport.de /lexikon/index.php/Ramakien (789 words)

	IHT ThaiDay - Manager Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Ramakien will be one of the highest-profile arts events in Thailand’s history, and there’s talk about it traveling further afield after its premiere.
		Traditionally, the Ramakien was performed by khon or masked dancers in the royal court.
		Rewritten by Kings Rama I and II, Ramakien was meant to reinforce the divine status of Thai kings.
	www.ihtthaiday.com /IHT/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9490000056398 (1188 words)

	Phuket bars, nightlife, pub, disco, cabaret shows, music and entertainment
		The theme of a Khon presentation is consistent; performances always re-enact an episode of Ramakien, a well-known classical Thai story in verse, based on the Indian epic of Ramayana and the masked performers are always elaborately costumed.
		Ramakien was written in 1798 by King Rama I, the founder of Bangkok and of the Chakri Dynasty that rules Thailand today.
		The names of the characters from Ramakien will be well known to anyone with knowledge of Thai art, as they form a rich, colourful source of inspiration for many Thai artists.
	www.travel-phuket.com /variety/creater.htm (939 words)

	Chao Phraya Muay Thai, St Ives, Muay Thai Boxing Academy
		This Hindi epic poem in its Thai version, the Ramakien, is important to many fields of Thai art and is well known to most Thai.
		It seems almost needless to say that the Ramakien as drama is never performed in its entirety.
		The text most often used in Thailand is a version made by King Rama II, although the most complete version of the whole Ramakien is the one made by King Rama I. You can see in Thailand the great influence of this epic on the names of places (e.g.
	www.chaophrayamuaythai.com /ramakien.asp (2327 words)

	CPAmedia.com: The Ramakien Writ Large - The Mural Galleries of Wat Phra Kaeo, Bangkok
		So powerful was the drama of the Ramayana, and so appealing its universal message to mankind, that it could not be constrained by the bounds of the subcontinent, and soon spread throughout the Hindu-Buddhist world, especially to Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia and, of course, to Siam.
		This latter structure was erected specially by Rama I to house and honour the celebrated Emerald Buddha, an image discovered in 1434, in the Province of Chiang Rai, when a bolt of lightning split an old chedi to reveal a jasper Buddha figure of great beauty.
		The version adopted was, appropriately enough, the Ramakien translation sponsored by Rama I and elaborated by his successor, Rama II.
	www.cpamedia.com /history/ramakien_phra_kaeo (2333 words)

	‘Ramakien’: Thai Rock at the Lincoln Center Festival - New York Times
		Grandly ambitious and inconclusive, overstuffed and sketchy, “Ramakien” imported a thriving arts scene from Bangkok to the Lincoln Center Festival in a three-night stand that started on Friday at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center.
		“Ramakien” was loosely based on a Thai version of the Ramayana, the Indian epic that has long inspired Asian artists.
		Its first half-hour was a kind of concert, with trappings that were doubtless intended to reveal the process behind the performance.
	theater2.nytimes.com /2006/07/31/arts/music/31rama.html (827 words)

	Ramakien
		Ramakien is a well-known epic in Thailand, derived from the Indian epic Ramayana.
		The main story is identical to that of the Ramayana.
		The major part of the Ramakien revolves around the war between Rama, the rightful king of Ayutthaya, and Totsakan, the evil king of the island of Lanka, who had abducted Rama’s beautiful wife, Sita, and taken her to Lanka.
	www.thaiembassy.no /News/joe_louis/en_Ramakien.html (393 words)

	Thai Amulets.com
		The Ramakien, is the Thai version of the Indian Ramayana epic in which Rama, Vishnu's reincarnation on earth and heir to the throne of Ayodhya in Northern India is banished from heaven and spends fourteen years in exile on earth with his wife Sita and his brother Lakshman.
		Written some 2,000 years ago and accredited to the Indian poet Valmiki, the Ramayana opens with the founding of the rival cities of Ayutthaya, capital of the gods, and Langka, city of the demons.
		In one form or another the epic was incorporated in the cultures of most Southeast Asian civilisations, and was firmly established before the rise of the Thai kingdom.
	www.thai-amulets.com /article_details.php?id=63 (389 words)

	Sasi Thai Classical Dance and Dinner Show
		Ramakien is the Thai version of Ramayana, the 24,000 stanza-long ancient Indian epic composed some 2,500 years ago (600 B.E.) by the Indian sage Valmiki.
		The audience must not forget that Ravana is a huge giant and Rama and Laksamana are human beings much smaller than the giant but courageous enough to fight with him.
		The great part of Ramayana story as performed in Khon is concerned with the war waged upon Thotsakan (Ravana), the demon-king of Longka, by Rama and his brother Laksamana.
	www.sasi-restaurant.com /Links/ramayana.htm (340 words)

	Photo: Thailand - Wat Arun (Temple of the Dawn) (ThaiSmile.jp)
		They are demons or monkeys that are from the story of " Ramakien ", that is a Thai version of the Ramayana.
		"Ramakien" is a Thai version of "Ramayana" that is an epic poem in India.
		The leading character, Prince Rama, is regarded as an ideal king, and because of this, I guess, the successive kings of Thailand have a name of Rama.
	www.thaismile.jp /FotoGallary/ThaiPics/e_ThaiPhoto_Bangkok5.html (1059 words)

	Chiangmai Mail - Vol. V No. 46 - Saturday December 2, - December 8, 2006 Kids' Corner
		Ramakien Remix is a creative student-inspired take on scenes from the Thai classic.
		Facing up to the challenges that confront him, year 10 drama student Aria Inthavong presents the role of King Tosarot in the school’s ‘remix’ of the Ramakien.
		Ramakien Remix, the title and theme of this year’s Arts Festival at the Prem Tinsulanonda International School builds on a tradition of original student work established last year with collaborative outdoor production of ‘Home’.
	www.chiangmai-mail.com /w003/kids.shtml (565 words)

	Nui's rants about Thai history: Khon masks, puppets, archetypes and Thai leadership
		For example, there are archetypes of anger, love, the hero and his quest, chaos, death and destruction, etc. All cultures have some ancient understanding of these forces giving them different names but the forces are the same.
		The poetic of Ramakien, presented by Northern Illinois University, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, I recommend again, is an excellent source for language and culture of Southeast Asia, including images of mural paintings.
		Mahidol University's Ramakien websitet explains its connection to religious tradition and other art forms.
	thaihistoryblog.blogspot.com /2005/02/khon-masks-puppets-archetypes-and-thai.html (885 words)

	Gossip fills newspapers while a cultural milestone is ignored
		Entitled "The Ramakien: A Rak Opera", the opera featured a combination of contemporary Thai tunes, rock, pop and electronica - and premiered at the Lincoln Centre's Summer Festival, with Thailand among over 50 countries participating in the 10th anniversary of the festival this year.
		The presentation featured the "Nang Loy" or "Floating Princess" episode of the Ramakien, with extravagant visions of ferocious demons, prankster monkey gods, beautiful women and warrior kings coming to life as the tale unfolds.
		In addition, this episode is easy to understand for a non-Thai audience," Gaston, founder of the leading contemporary Thai orchestra Fongnam, said at a Bangkok press conference in April.
	www.nationmultimedia.com /2006/08/19/opinion/opinion_30011443.php (1934 words)

	The Ramakien by J.M. Cadet with the bas-reliefs of Wat Phra Jetubon
		The Ramakien is the Thai version of the most important myth of Southeast Asia - a myth that appears in varying forms in India, where it originated and is known as the Ramayana, and in Laos, Indonesia and Burma, in fact wherever the sphere of Indian civilisation extended.
		It is a story that has parallels with Western myths such as those of the Iliad, the shared theme of the abducted bride among the similarities that has led scholars to suggest they spring from a common source.
		The central episodes of the Ramakien story are depicted in the bas-reliefs of Wat Phra Jetubun, the funerary temple of the ruling dynasty of Thailand.
	www.dcothai.com /product_info.php?products_id=152 (364 words)

	The Ramakien by J.M. Cadet with the bas-reliefs of Wat Phra Jetubon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Ramakien is the Thai version of the most important myth of Southeast Asia - a myth that appears in varying forms in India, where it originated and is known as the Ramayana, and in Laos, Indonesia and Burma, in fact wherever the sphere of Indian civilisation extended.
		It is a story that has parallels with Western myths such as those of the Iliad, the shared theme of the abducted bride among the similarities that has led scholars to suggest they spring from a common source.
		The central episodes of the Ramakien story are depicted in the bas-reliefs of Wat Phra Jetubun, the funerary temple of the ruling dynasty of Thailand.
	www.dco.co.th /product_info.php?products_id=152 (343 words)

	Chiang Mai (Northern Thailand) Tourist Guide
		The secular arts and crafts are dominated by it, the dance particularly, and in the Khon (masked) dance-drama, this account of the struggle between the god-king Phra Ram and the demon monarch Totsagan for the hero’s beautiful and virtuous wife Nang Seeda comes to its fullest and most brilliant expression.
		But the Ramakien has always been (and still is) outstandingly popular not only at court but throughout Thai society and culture.
		The country itself bears Ramakien place-names: a mountain near Lopburi the location where Phra Ram’s monkey-ally Hanuman picks a curative herb, a cave not far from there the place where he entered the Underworld.
	www.chiangmai-online.com /cmtg/03-2004/feature1.html (1678 words)

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