RASA BOXES

The Eight Rasas:

• Śṛngāram (शृङ्गारं) Love, Attractiveness. Presiding deity: Vishnu. Color: light green.
• Hāsyam (हास्यं) Laughter, Mirth, Comedy. Presiding deity: Pramata. Color: white.
• Raudram (रौद्रं) Fury. Presiding deity: Rudra. Colour: red.
• Kāruṇyam (कारुण्यं) Compassion, Tragedy. Presiding deity: Yama. Color: grey.
• Bībhatsam (बीभत्सं) Disgust, Aversion. Presiding deity: Shiva. Color: blue
• Bhayānakam (भयानकं) Horror, Terror. Presiding deity: Kala. Color: black
• Vīram (वीरं) Heroic mood. Presiding deity: Indra. Color: yellowish
• Adbhutam (अद्भुतं) Wonder, Amazement. Presiding deity: Brahma. Color: yellow

Rasa is an ancient indian art written during the period between 200 BC and 200 AD. The Rasa would have tried to cover all of the feelings within life. The object of the Rasa is to create emotions in the audience, to express a knowledge that can not be communicated through words.


THE 9TH RASA....

In our discovery of what the rasa boxes were we found that none of the rasas were really what were were looking for, we wanted to really stick with one rasa for the whole of our performance but these emotions were so specific that we knew it would effect our performance in a way that would not be favorable. 

It was then we came across  the 9th rasa 

Santa - Peace, bliss, a perfectly balanced combination of the other eight rasas

We wanted to present ambiguous characters in our performance, ones that didn't really have any emotion and after looking into this rasa we managed to get one step further in our planning.