So last week, we all got to dress up in the Ramayana costumes and finally got to telling portions of the epic. Clearly I did not remember all the important details that happened in the beginning although they're really important. I'm almost to page 400 (hooray) but I'm beginning to get a little anxious with the story line. It's not like I don't doubt Rama's greatness, but it's taking forever for him to rescue Sita! Haha. Anyway, back to the story telling in our banjar, I loved it. I loved how everyone filled in a detail here and there, which seemed to jog my memory a little clearly.
Today in class, we worked on certain phrases/emotions and the certain hand and body gestures that go along with it. It was pretty fun! It's almost like another way of performing sign language but done a little more blatantly I guess.
Even reflecting on the chant at the end of class, it's pretty cool how we really don't seem to know what we're doing but always end up doing something that flows. I guess you can never really go wrong in this class. Good job class!
