LAOS-CAMBODIA-INDONESIA-MALAYSIA-SINGAPORE LITERATURE

LAOS

They have 49 ethnic groups and each of them preserves their own dialect, customs, culture and tradition.

Laos

"Land of a Million Elephants"

Tad Fane and Dong Hua Sao.

Laos is best known for some of Southeast Asia's most spectacular waterfalls, including ___________________.

Theravada Buddhism

Buddhism first appeared in laos during 18th century

Lao (LAOTIAN)

The official language of Laos is _________________, although various foreign languages have often been used by the elite.

French

____________ was once the language of the Lao upper classes and of the cities, but by the 1970s English had begun to displace it.

LAOS ARTS AND LITERATURE

Long tradition of oral literature, including folk tales, stories, proverbs, parables and poems.

- Jataka tales

- Pha Lak Pha Lam

what are the 2 LAOS ARTS AND LITERATURE

•The Vetsantrasadok

•The Sin Say

•The Thao Hung

THREE MASTERPIECES OF LAOTIAN

The Vetsantrasadok

Education through reincarnation

The Sin Say

PHANGKHAM (THE HERO WAS BORN HOLDING A BOW AND ARROWS IN HIS HAND)

Dhammapada

"Words of Doctrine" or "Way of Truth"

Dhammapada

Is an important book in buddist literature.

423 verses

Dhammapada contains _________ spoken by the buddha on various occasions.

Dhammapada

It is originally written by pali language from india.

NORODOM SIHAMONI

He is the son of Norodom Sihanouk the former King in Cambodia and the Queen is Norodom Monineath Sihanouk of Cambodia.

HUN SEN

He is the World's Longest-serving Prime Ministers, has been in power since 1985 and being reappointed by parliament in September 2013 for 5 year term.

Cambodian literature

_______________ based on the contemporary world, thought still inspired by classical themes, began to emerge in the mid-19th century

Cambodian literature

Epic poems and folk tale were transmitted orally

bas-reliefs and frescos at temples and pagodas

The Cambodian version of the ancient Ramayana epic, which appears on _________________ throughout the country

Ang Duong

In the 19th century ___________, is considered a great king of Cambodia from 1841-1860

Vorvong and Sorvong

A famous oral folktale of Cambodia is __________________

Jakarta

The capital, ____________, is located near the northwestern coast of Java.

Indonesia

In the early 21st century, ___________ was the most populous country in Southeast Asia and the fourth most populous in the world.

Dutch East Indies (or Netherlands East Indies)

Indonesia was formerly known as the __________________.

Bahasa Indonesia

The official language of Indonesia is ___________________.

Bahasa Indonesia

_______________, a standardized version of Malay, is the sixth most widely spoken language in the world (after Mandarin, English, Hindi, Spanish and Arabic).

Javanese, Malay, Sundanese

Indonesian literatures, the poetry and prose writings in _________________, and other languages of the peoples of Indonesia.

Indonesian Literature

They include works orally transmitted and then preserved in written form by the Indonesian people, oral literature, and the modern literatures that began to emerge in the early 20th century as a result of Western influence.

Malaysia

_______________ is located in the southeast of the Asian continent; therefore this region is often referred to as Southeast Asia.

Peninsular Malaysia; two provinces Sabah and Sarawak

Malaysia consists of two parts: ______________________, located between Thailand in the north and Singapore in the south, and the ______________, located on Borneo.

Kuala Lumpur

capital of Malaysia

Malay; Bahasa Malaysia

The official language spoken in Malaysia is _________, also known as ________.

Mandarin and Hokkien

Chinese dialects such as ___________________ are also spoken in the country, primarily by those of Chinese ethnic origin.

Tamil

_________ is also another popular language of Malaysia, primarily spoken by Indian-origin residents.

Malay, English, Chinese and Tamil.

Malaysian literature is typically written in any of the country's four main languages:

orally

The earliest works of Malaysian literature were transmitted ______ in the absence of writing scripts.

myths, legends, folk tales, romances, epics, poetry, proverbs, origin stories and oral histories.

Oral literature encompasses a variety of genres of Malay folklore, such as ____________________

1. Mantera

2. Pantun

3. Syair

Three Forms of Malay Poetry

Mantera

sacred message of a text; repeated word or phrase in meditation

Pantun

a traditional oral form of expression; consist of a quatrain which employs an ABAB rhyme scheme.

Syair

can be a narrative poem, a didactic poem used to convey ideas on religion or philosophy or even one to describe historical event.

Singapore

city-state located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, about 85 miles (137 kilometres) north of the Equator.

Singapore

It consists of the diamond-shaped _________ Island and some 60 small islets; the main island occupies all but about 18 square miles of this combined area.

Malay, Mandarin, Tamil and English.

Singapore's four official languages are ____________________.

English, their ethnic mother tongue, and potentially others.

Because of its bilingual education policy, most citizens speak two or more languages, usually _____________

Christian, Muslim, and Indian holidays

On the list of public holidays in Singapore are _________________, among others.

Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity.

The Singaporean state is home to ten major religions, including _____________________.

English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil.

The literature in Singapore comprises a collection of literary works by Singaporeans in any of the country's four main languages:

Tan Swie Hian and Kuo Pao Kun

A number of Singaporean writers such as _____________ have contributed work in more than one language.