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Theatrical show ‘Mahabharata’ to grace Jakarta, Yogyakarta stages
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'Mahabharata Part 3' is set to be performed in Jakarta and Yogyakarta at the end of September. (Inquirer News/-)
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theatrical show based on the Mahabharata epic is set to be performed in two cities at the end of September by a team of Indonesian, Japanese, Malaysian and Filipino artists.
Dubbed Mahabharata Part 3: Kurusetra War, the show will highlight the culmination of Pandawa and Kurawa’s long-lasting conflict, which eventually lead the two deity-descendant families into war. “This performance transcends time, country and religion. It also combines what is abstract and concrete,” said the show's spokesperson Asa Rahmana as quoted by tempo.co on Wednesday. He added that the performance was "trying to find a fresh approach to the past” and that the story would focus on the humans instead of the deities.
(Read also: Indonesian theater steals the show at Asian theater festival)
The play is part of a project helmed by Japanese director Hiroshi Koike from Tokyo since 2013. In Indonesia, his team are collaborating with the Kelola Foundation and Garasi Performance Institute.
Prior to the third installment, the team had performed Mahabharata Part 1 in Cambodia, Mahabharata Part 2 in India and Mahabharata Part 2.5 in Japan. In Indonesia, the show is slated to be held at Societet Militer in Yogyakarta Culture Park on Sept. 24 to 25 and Graha Bhakti Budaya in Taman Ismail Marzuki on Sept. 28 to 29. (kes)
