Before Independence, Kamaun's unique Ramlila was played in Karachi.

In the hills of Kumaon in Uttarakhand, the month of April and May is considered to be good, because during that time, lu runs in most places of northern India, but most of the places in Almora and its surroundings are pleasant. In such a case, the month of October is also perfect. The attraction of October is the musical Ram Laila in this area.

There are three musical Ramlaias in North India, in which the whole or most of the Ramlila songs are played by - Ramlila, the Harpati language spoken in Patna village in Baran district of Kota region in Rajasthan, which was played on the occasion of Ram Navami during March is. Secondly, the Ramlila, the style of Haryana style written in the Haryana language written by Sardar Yashwant Singh Verma Tohanvi, played in Rohtak and its surroundings, only a fraction of which is now used in the Ramlila lanes played in the border areas of Haryana and Rajasthan and the third is Kumaon Ramlila of the area (Lankapodi Jatra of Bisipada village of Kandhamal district of Orissa in eastern India is another musical Ramlila.) The foundation of all these Ramlis is only Ramcharitmanas of Saint Tulsidas, but all the Ramlis have made new works regarding local elements.

Ramlila of Kumaon

Here Ramlila was started almost a hundred and a half hundred years ago. UNESCO announced this Ramlila as the world's longest opera, and included it in the World Cultural Heritage List, the World Cultural Heritage List. This Ramlila is based on generation-based generation, based on a pure oral tradition. Music is the most important aspect due to the singing of Ramlai being sung. The music is mainly used in harmonium and dholak or tabla. More emphasis is placed on singing in Ramlila.

In particular, those artists are taken as actors, who have knowledge of singing and music. In the silent night when the sounds of melodious singing of artists in the pleading of the mountains resonate, the audience reaches into a different world. In most of the Ramlis, men have also played feminine characters, though nowhere are women involved in women. One interesting thing about this Ramlila, which tells the story of Ram is that it starts with Krishna's Raslila every day!

In the Ramlila, in this Ramlila, 'Swaroop', the main characters and other roles are performed by young people, although only older people in Delhi, Lucknow, Moradabad, Jhansi etc play all the roles. At present, the major places to play this Ramlila in Kumaon and Garhwal region are Almora, Bageshwar, Nainital, Kaladungi, Pithauragarh, Dehradun etc. However, the attraction of Ramlila, about a century-old Ramlila from the Lakshmi Bhandar Ufar Hukka Club of Almora is something different only occurs.

The real pleasure of this Ramlila is in the singing of its actors. Elements of gimmicks, dancing, jatra, rasli etc. are included in this. Due to being a place of work, there are new experiments in different Ramlies, make-up, stage-decoration, sound etc., so the audience can get to see something new every now and then. Where there are good singers, Ramlila is attractive in spite of less decoration. When the artist sings the songs immersed in various rituals, they can not live without being emotionally sound! The Ramlila, which is mainly sung in Bhimtalali, is based on Hindustani classical music on the one hand, on the other hand it includes elements of folk style of Mand, Rajasthan.

Kumaon Ramlila in Karachi

Kumaon found the foundation of Ramlila's tradition in Almora, but gradually it spread to other places in the country. This Ramlila has been playing very well in Delhi, Lucknow, Moradabad, Jhansi etc. by the migrant Kumanois and is also very popular. Old people associated with this Ramlila tell that before independence this Ramlila Kumaon was also played by people in Karachi. The reason for its popularity outside of Kumaon is very shocking. This Ramlila Kumaon, written by the authors, is also written in Bijbhasha, which is easily understood in large parts of North India. This Ramlila has also contributed immensely to the development of the Kumaon region, which is far behind economically - Kumaon living in other cities of Delhi and North India, the income generated by Ramlila, which is organized by people in their respective cities every year. , Have been sending it there for the development of schools and other social institutions in the villages of their native area!