Langen Mandra Wanara

The Langen Mandra Wanara is a Javanese opera composed by a "patih" (kind of granvizier) of the Yogyakarta Court, namely Patih Danureja Wana Catur.
In the presentation of the Langen Mandra Wanara performance, the peculiarity is in the dancers, who always dance in a squatting position while singing (making lyrical dialogues). The stories disclosed are from the Ramayana.