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RAMA HARI (Reyes-Cayabyab-Lumbera)

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Before the performance For a has-been that never was a Prima Ballerina, a mezzo-soprano that never became a diva, and a thespian that is in a seemingly endless hiatus, being a part of the audience of the 7th of December 2012 production of RAMA HARI was sort of a NIRVANA. During the intermission The RAMAYANA Myth or Legend has always fascinated my feeble mind. The "after world" had always this connection with the "present world". Their spirits/avatars and their incarnations or re-incarnated humans have this "solid connection. I am a CHRISTIAN, but this epic made me read Bhagavad Gita  literature. I have seen these productions: Ramaya: The Epic(2010) Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama (1998 Japanese version) Rama Hari 1983 production With Ms. Jacqui Magno and Mr. Ric Segretto I would have loved to see how Ms. Kuh Ledesma, who incidentally was also born on the 16th of March, would have portrayed the role of Sita, but I would have