Source: www.fijitimes.com
FIJI, October 18, 2010: Ten days of the 105th Ram Leela festival celebrated in Bulileka, Labasa came to an end yesterday after the burning of Ravana, the ten-headed king of demons in the Hindu Ramayana. The daily theatrical enactment of the Ramayan attracted a crowd of about 500 to the Bulileka temple every day.
Pundit Shiv Maharaj said “The festival has become more significant because it is celebrated during Dashara-parv, where we perform the year’s biggest prayer ceremony,” he said. “During these 10 days, the participants are disallowed from moving out of the temple premises, nor go home or eat food cooked outside the premises or by other people. The participants are donated food items which they cook themselves,” Mr Maharaj said.