Report: Indonesian Ramayana Festival at Prambanan (2012)

The 2012 National Ramayana Festival at Prambanan Temple Compounds marked 50 years of continuous Ramayana-themed sendratari (dance drama) performances, highlighting the evolution and cultural significance of Indonesian Ramayana traditions. While sharing roots with Indian Ramlila, Indonesian adaptations—such as wayang wong—incorporate distinctively local elements like gamelan music, masked costumes, and sociocultural narratives, diverging markedly from their Indian counterparts. The festival underscored Indonesia's unique synthesis of Hindu-Balinese and Javanese-Muslim artistic traditions, contrasting with its preference for Mahabharata themes in a predominantly Muslim context.

Sedana, I. N., & Foley, K. (2020). Report: Indonesian Ramayana Festival at Prambanan (2012). Asian Theatre Journal, 37(1), 228–245. https://doi.org/10.1353/atj.2020.0002