{"id":718,"date":"2017-06-20T12:04:01","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T16:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/?page_id=718"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:42:21","slug":"performance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/the-life-of-hinduism\/performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container px-0 pt-5\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-start\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Performance<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fig. G &#8211; Linda Hess, &#8220;Ram-Lila: The Audience Experience&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"328\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/fig-G.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/fig-G.jpg 328w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/fig-G-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/fig-G-200x305.jpg 200w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/fig-G-300x457.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Procession from the fort at Ramnagar to the site representing Lanka, where Ram will defeat Ravan on Vijayadashami day, 1976. The Mahajara of Banaras rides on an elephant, visible in the distance, and the killing of Ravan will be witnessed by some 50,000-100,000 people. [Photo: Richard Schechner]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fig. H &#8211; Linda Hess, &#8220;Ram-Lila: The Audience Experience&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"345\" src=\"http:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/fig-H.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/fig-H.jpg 500w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/fig-H-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/fig-H-200x138.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Adult actors in the Ramlila, with costumes, masks, and props. In the center is Vibhishan, flanked by Hanuman, Jambavan, and other members of the monkey army. [Photo: Martin Karcher]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fig. I &#8211; Philip Lutgendorf, &#8220;All in the (Raghu) Family: A Video Epic in Cultural Context&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/fig-I.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/fig-I.jpg 340w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/fig-I-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/files\/fig-I-200x147.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jacket for the DVD disc version of Ramanand Sagar&#8217;s Ramayan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":884,"featured_media":0,"parent":695,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-718","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/884"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":835,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/718\/revisions\/835"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/vasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}