laos singapore cambodia

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“Land of a Million Elephants,”

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LAOS

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

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LAOS

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It is best known forsome of Southeast Asia’s most spectacular waterfalls,

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LAOS

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Southeast Asia’s most spectacular waterfalls

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Tad Fane and Dong Hua Sao.

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Buddhism first appeared in laos during 18th century

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Theravada Buddhism

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LAOS RELIGION

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Theravada Buddhism

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The official language of Laos

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Lao(LAOTIAN)

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‘lowland Lao’, are the inhabitants of the river valleys and lowlands along the Mekong River and make up over 68% of the population of Laos, of whom half are of the Lao ethnic group.

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Lao Loum

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was once the language of the Lao upper classes and of the cities,

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French

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When did english start to displace the french language

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1970s

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Laos new year

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pi mai lao

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

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LAOS ARTS AND LITERATURE

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voluminous body of literature native to the Indian subcontinent which mainly concern the previous births of Gautama Buddha

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Jataka tales

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own version of the originally Indian epic Ramayana.

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Pha Lak Pha Lam

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THREE MASTERPIECES OF LAOTIAN

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The Vetsantrasadok
The Sin Say
The Thao Hung

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(Education through reincarnation)

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The Vetsantrasadok

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

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The Sin Say

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It recounts the life and battles of a part-historical, part-mythical character, Thao Hung or Thao Cheuang (thao means “king” or “lord”), son of Khun Chomtham, a ruler of the Suantan or Nakhong kingdom.

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The Thao Hung

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“Words of Doctrine” or “Way of Truth”

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Dhammapada

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Is an important book in buddist literature.

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Dhammapada

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Contains 423 verses spoken by the buddha on various occasions.

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Dhammapada

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It is originally written by pali language from india.

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Dhammapada

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

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NORODOM SIHAMONI

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king of cambodia

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NORODOM SIHAMONI

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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.

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HUN SEN

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cambodia pime minister

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HUN SEN

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Cambodian literature based on the contemporary world, thought still inspired by

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classical themes,

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began to emerge in the mid-19th century

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Cambodian literature

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cambodian Epic poems and folk tale were transmitted

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orally

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appears on bas-reliefs and frescos at temples and pagodas throughout the country.

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The Cambodian version of the ancient Ramayana epic,

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who is considered a great king of Cambodia from 1841-1860

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Ang Duong

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"Kakey"

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Khmer poets and songwriters have used the words for a woman who is unfaithful to her man

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for a very faithful woman.

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"Neang Kong Rei"

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A famous oral folktale of Cambodia is

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Vorvong and Sorvong

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, is located near the northwestern coast of Java.

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Jakarta

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indonesia was formerly known as the

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dutch East Indies (or Netherlands East Indies).

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The official language of Indonesia is

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Bahasa Indonesia

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is the sixth most widely spoken language in the world

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Bahasa Indonesia

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a standardized version of Malay

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Bahasa Indonesia

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Indonesian literature

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old javanese texts

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Indonesian literatures, the poetry and prose writings in

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Javanese, Malay, Sundanese

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is located in the southeast of the Asian continent

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malaysia

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Malaysia consists out two parts:

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Peninsular Malaysia two provinces Sabah and Sarawak

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located between Thailand in the north and Singapore in the south,

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Peninsular Malaysia

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located on Borneo.

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two provinces Sabah and Sarawak

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capital of Malaysia. 

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Kuala Lumpur

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The official language spoken in Malaysia

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Malay/Bahasa Malaysia.

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. Chinese dialects such as ______ are also spoken in Malaysia, primarily by those of Chinese ethnic origin.

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Mandarin and Hokkien

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

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Tamil

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

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Malay, English, Chinese and  Tamil. 

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Malay annals

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sejarah melayu

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Three Forms of Malay Poetry

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Mantera Pantun Syair

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

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Mantera

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

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Pantun

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

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Syair

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Singapore’s four official languages are

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Malay, Mandarin, Tamil and English.

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known for his contemporary Chinese calligraphy, Chinese poetry and contemporary art sculptures

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Tan Swie Hian

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playwright, theatre director, and arts activist in Singapore who wrote and directed both Mandarin and English

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Kuo Pao Kun

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The annual Singapore Writers festival

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Norodom Monineath Sihanouk

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queen of cambodia