hikayat

literature

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Javanese poetry

  • Fresco of the Preaching Buddha at the Wet-kyi-in, Gu-byauk-gyi, Pagan, c. 1113.
    In Southeast Asian arts: Malaysia and Indonesia

    Romances, called hikayat, both in verse and in prose, also appeared—having as their source native myth and legend. Soon Malay, Balinese, Sundanese, and Madurese vernacular literatures emerged, all dealing with the same themes.

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