{"id":72092,"date":"2025-11-05T13:00:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T07:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=72092"},"modified":"2025-11-06T10:56:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T05:26:18","slug":"ramman-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ramman-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramman Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ramman Festival Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/president-of-india\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>President of India<\/strong><\/a> was presented with a Ramman mask at a special session of the Uttarakhand Assembly.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ramman Festival<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>an annual religious festival<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> celebrated in late April in the twin villages of Saloor-Dungra, <\/span><b>Uttarakhand,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in honour of the <\/span><b>local deity Bhumiyal Devta.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2009, Ramman was inscribed in the list of <\/span><b>UNESCO\u2019s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of Ramman Festival<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It features complex rituals, recitations of the <\/span><b>Ramayana, songs, and masked dances<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with each caste and group playing distinct roles.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Divine Storytelling:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The performances include <\/span><b>recitations of the Rama Katha<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (episodes from the Ramayana), combined with <\/span><b>masked dances of deities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and local legends, blending mythic and local narrative layers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Sacred Space:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is held in the courtyard of the <\/span><b>Bhumiyal Devta temple in Saloor Dungra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Community Participation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Entire village households contribute: roles are caste-based (priests, mask-makers, drum players), funding comes from the village, and participation spans elders to youth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Transmission of Knowledge &amp; Values:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Oral transmission of epic songs, dance forms, and ritual lore across generations.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fusion of Art Forms:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It blends narration, masked dances, ritual drama, music, and mask craft into one integrated festival.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The festival involves theatrical performances of the <\/span><b>Ramayana and local legends<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in which people sing songs and wear masks while dancing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are 18 different types of masks made of <\/span><b>Bhojpatra, Himalayan birch<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, that performers wear during the event.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the instruments documented include: <\/span><b>Dhol<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a type of drum) <\/span><b>Damau<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (smaller percussion drum), <\/span><b>Manjira<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (small hand cymbals), <\/span><b>Jhanjhar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (larger cymbals), <\/span><b>Bhankora<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a kind of trumpet).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-culture\/president-murmu-ramman-mask-10343902\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ramman Festival is a traditional religious festival celebrated in Saloor-Dungra, Uttarakhand, featuring rituals, masked dances, and community devotion in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":72084,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[246,21,3561,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-72092","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-prelims-current-affairs","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-ramman-festival","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}