Int'l Ramayana seminar in Bali

DENPASAR, Bali: About 400 participants from 40 countries are scheduled to participate in a seminar on the Hindu epics Ramayana and Mahabharata, to be held at Udayana University here on Sept. 13 to Sept. 15.

Among the distinguished participants will be Indian Vice President Shri Krishnakant, vice chairman of the seminar's organizing committee Somvir was quoted by Antara as saying.

At least 100 speakers from Asia, Europe, the U.S. and Australia are slated to speak in the seminar, which is a continuation of a seminar held last year in Kuala Lumpur.

The two-day seminar will be highlighted by a Ramayana dance presented by Indian performers, a Senawangi leather puppet show by an Indonesian puppeteer and the Mahabharata dance-drama performed by Balinese artists. (mds)