THE KIDNAPPING OF SITA
This
game requires at least eight people. By reciting one Hare Krishna
mantra a player is chosen to be Sita, another to be Ravana. The other
players represent Jatayu, the devotee vulture, who tries to save Sita
from Ravana. They join hands and form a circle. Ravana chases Sita
around the circle. The children playing Jatayu help Sita escape by
raising their arms to let her in and out of the circle. They try to
keep Ravana out by lowering their arms, representing the flapping of
Jatayu’s wings in his fight with “Raghupati Raghava Raja Rama,
Patitapavana Sita Rama/Sita Rama, Jaya Sita Rama, Sita Rama, Jaya Sita
Rama.” When Sita gets caught, the child playing Ravana becomes Sita,
and a new child is chosen to be Ravana. The first joins the circle, and
the game continues.