Ramayana, What next? Indonesian Ramayana?

Friend Prasan asked me what next? There are so many versions  of Ramayana.  So many choices; Kannada version or Kambha Ramayana or Tulsi Ramayana and so on and on. I could be busy forever!  Rohini opined 'I like the Thai Ramayana better' and asked 'is the story different because woman are valued more in Thailand?'  Then Shrinivas Rao said, 'wonder how they see the epic in Indonesia.'

So it was tempting to continue with the SEA versions of the epic. Other cultures felt free to add some local colour and they did. While this may upset some of us brought up on set notions of Rama and Sita, we were made to sit up and take notice. Thai Sita was different, we could  guess that  so would be the Indonesian Sita.

I found this website which has a translation of the Indonesian Ramayana. It has a different  beginning. 
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Indonesian/ramayana/rama1fs.htm 

Birth of Rahwana (Ravana):

 A king named Danaraja wanted to marry a princess Dewi Sukesi of Langakapura. To marry, he was required to win a competition. Requested his father Bagawan Wisrawa to represent him. Bagawan won the competition easily. Looking at the beauty of Dewi, he forgot that he came on behalf of his son and married her himself.

From this union Rahwana or Dasamukha was the first born. He had giant's face and a bad personality. The next was Kumbhakarna, with giant's face but with a good personality. The third, a girl Sarpakenaka was born with a giant's face and a bad personality. The last Wibisana was with a nice personality and a handsome face.

Rahwana succeeded his father, conquered other kingdoms including Lokapala and wanted to conquer heaven. God Wisnu wanted to stop Rahwana's atrocities and reincarnated as prince of Ayodya, Sriramavijaya.

The narration begins with Ravana but essentially it is Valmiki Ramayana.  The story of Parasurama has a variation. He is not a chiranjeevi!

After meeting Rama in the jungle, Ramaparasu asked Rama to kill him using his own bow. If Rama could not lift the bow, he must be willing to be killed by Ramaparasu. Rama agreed to the request. The sacred bow was lifted and bent. The bow was shot directly at Ramaparasu. His body became weak and a moment later he died as he had wished.

I need to do more research, especially on  how Sinta (Sita) is depicted in Indonesian  Ramayana. Here is one result to a question 'What is the difference between Indian Ramayana and Indonesian Ramayan?  But there are no reference links to the statements made in the article below!

Indian Ramayan is the Original Ramayan authored by Sage Valmiki
Indonesian Ramayan is the Srilankan version of Ramayan authored by Rishi Kamban....(??)

Kamban Ramayana ... depicts Sita as a Divine Goddess ... In it there is a battle between Sita and Surpanakha which is censored in Valmiki's Ramayana. ( :-) )

Indian Ramayana portrays Sita as a soft, timid and beautiful woman whereas Indonesian Ramayan depicts her as a Bold, Strong and Powerful woman who fights with Asuras and Asuris in Sri Lanka herself without depending on her husband for her freedom from Ravana's Ten Thousand Wives. Sita is similar to Draupadi in many ways in Indonesian & Sri Lankan Ramayan.

...... Sita engages Soorpanakha in a duel and defeats her in order to kill her. However she only cuts her rival's nose and sends her back to Ravana. At the sight of his sister's bleeding nose, Ravana seeks revenge and challenges Rama to a complete War. This is how Indonesian Ramayana describes the final war.