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The community of Mc Bean Couva began its Ramleela celebrations on Tuesday night, depicting through narration and drama the story of Lord Rama, beginning with his banishing.

The play is expected to continue for the next few days.

Reporter Alicia Boucher and Cameraman Shiva Parasram bring you some of the highlights.
Transcript
00:00The village of Magbin Kuva came alive on Tuesday night with a commencement of its Ramlila celebrations,
00:11which featured the story of Lord Ramam and his eventual triumph over the demon king Ravana.
00:16Part one of the reenactment began with the exile of Sri Ram into the forest for 14 years,
00:21based on a request by his stepmother to her husband, King Dashratha.
00:26That one hit Dashratha so immediately as though he's getting a heart attack.
00:30Look at Dashratha, he's falling, he's writing in pain.
00:34Oh my queen, please reconsider, I beg of you, your demands is inconsiderate.
00:40I cannot believe what I'm hearing. My son Sri Ram.
00:46But Ram courageously makes his preparations for his exile from Ayodhya,
00:50with his wife Sita and brother Lakshman accompanying him.
00:54The grief from losing his son leads to Dashratha's death.
00:57And those in attendance got a witness to cremation with an actual pyre that was lit.
01:10Public relations officer of the Magbin Ramlila and cultural group Karishma Ramuta says,
01:16It started off as a family event initially, but there have been changes.
01:20In the sense that we have grown our membership exponentially.
01:24We now have entire families taking part.
01:27We've upgraded all of our infrastructure or props and everything.
01:33We even started going live on TikTok every single night.
01:37So we've incorporated technology.
01:39We are very active on our social media.
01:41We like our audience to feel very connected with us.
01:43And this is also our way of reaching out to them.
01:46Even if they can't be here physically, we try to reach them via the media.
01:50Over the past three years or more, people are said to be coming from opening night
01:54and staying with the play for the days over which the story is told.
01:58Ramuta tells us that the group has been around for the past six years
02:02and has been educating children in terms of the religious and cultural aspects of Ramlila.
02:07We do workshops for children. We do free workshops actually for the children
02:11teaching them about Ramlila, makeup, dance and even the Ramlila jump as well.
02:16We also do a fundraising veggie queue every year.
02:19And in addition to that, on that day, we feed various homes throughout the community.
02:24The Ramlilas had to be concluded on Sunday with the burning of the effigy of the demon king Ravana,
02:29who is referred to locally as Rawan.
02:32Alicia Boucher, TV6 News.
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