Jean-Marc Giboux

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The Fantastic World of Ramlila
Location: chicago
Nationality: French American
Biography: Coming soon...
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The Fantastic World of Ramlila
Copyright Jean-Marc Giboux 2023
Updated Apr 2022

The photo essay is a pilgrimage into the fantastic world of Ramlila, depicting a colorful universe of gods and demons, between reality and the sublime, the legend and the religion in a struggle between good and evil.  

It depict the adventures of Lord Rama, and the 7th incarnation of the god Vishnu, from his exile from Ayodhya , his marriage to his wife Sita and his struggle to save his kidnapped wife from the grasp of the demon-king Ravana, to his coronation as the king of kings. Virtually every Hindu knows the story of Lord Rama, the 7thincarnation of the God Vishnu, and many believe it to be historical fact in Hindi-speaking Northern India especially.

Looking for expression of the Ramlila in Northern India, I travelled festivals, pilgrimages and holy places to photograph different forms of this ancient theater that is still relevant in India today.

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