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At the outset, a warning to those devout folk who may likely get offended watching the Ramayana heroes dancing to the viral hit Gangnam Style. Please don't watch the video above. But then it may be too late to protest. This was in 2012, and you missed your chance.

Many versions of the epic were compiled in the comprehensive and beleaguered 300 Ramayanas by AK Ramanujan, but this Scottish-Korean version was missed out. This video of a Ramlila performance with actors dancing to a Korean tune was performed in Edinburgh, UK, by the Scottish Indian Arts Forum. The ceremony takes place there annually, as it does in India.

The year 2015 is the 21st anniversary of the SIAF, to mark which the forum is working on increasing, "the footfall to Dusherra (sic)" and to "spread Indian cultural awareness and values across a wide cross section of population."

Indians' love for the Ramlila goes back a long way. It was first set into motion by the poet Tulsidas in Varanasi and eventually caught the imagination of the entire Hindi-speaking belt, where it is staged annually in most towns during the nine days that culminate in Dussera.

The Ramlila possibly makes for the oldest example of community theatre. Like the text, the performance has many versions. Several Southeast Asian countries and Caribbean countries, for instance, have their unique performances. Even within India there are several variations, despite the attempts to impose a cultural homogeneity on the country.