Sailing the Archipelago in a boat of rhymes Pantun in the Malay world

The extremely popular poetic form from Insular Southeast Asia, the pantun, travelled from its unknown source throughout the Malay Archipelago, first in Malay, then in the languages of Southeast Asia. In the ports and states where they were received, local colour, other idiosyncrasies, references, an...

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Main Author: Muhammad Haji Salleh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Indonesia 2011-04-01
Series:Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
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Online Access:http://wacana.ui.ac.id/index.php/wjhi/article/view/10