Visiting Prambanan Temple
Aware of how sleepy head Ryan is, I let him sleep peacefully the whole morning.
When the earthquake hit
Oh, one cool thing when we visit Prambanan was they had a photo shoot at the temple.
On the way out, we stopped by at the museum. It is so sad to find out that most of the stupas have missing heads. Local people are making money from it by stealing and sell those overseas :(
After sunset we went to Ramayana Ballet Complex that is not too far from the temple to watch Ramayana Ballet dance performance. I had been waiting to watch this performance for YEARS! I was very happy that I finally was able to watch it! Ryan and I were enjoying the performance to the
Again, we really had another remarkable day in
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The complete story is presented in a series of Javanese dance movements done by graceful dancers accompanied by gamelan music. The story was told by a “sinden” or the female singers who describes the coarse of the story through Javanese songs with her distinctive high pitch voice.
The story which is presented in this performance is similar to the one carved on Prambanan temple. The story is summarized in four sections. Kidnapping of Shinta by Rahwana, Hanoman’s mission to Alengka to save Shinta, The death of Rahwana and The reunion of Rama and Shinta.
Besides dance, this performance offers an interesting fireball game as well. This is performed when Hanoman burnt the Alengka Kingdom owned by Rahwana. The colorful costumes and lights also added another remarkable feature to this performance.
The ballet is performed at Ramayana open stage in the complex of Prambanan Temple with it as the natural backdrop. Ticket fare for Ramayana Ballet at Ramayana Open Stage:
•VIP : 200,000 IDR
•Special: 125,000 IDR
•Class 1: 100,000 IDR
•Class 2: 50,000 IDR
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