Ibalong Epic
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ibalong-epic-229-1815280
title:
Ibalong Epic
text:
The Ibálong, also known as Handiong or Handyong, is a 60-stanza fragment of a Bicolano full-length folk epic of the Bicol region of the Philippines, based on the Indian Hindu epics Ramayana and Mahabharata. The epic is said to have been narrated in verse form by a native bard called Kadunung. It was passed on orally until it was presumably jotted down in its complete Bicol narrative by Fray Bernardino de Melendreras de la Trinidad. The Ibalong portrays deeds in heroic proportions, centering on w
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description:
Fragment of a folk epic
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibalong_Epic
date created:
2016-06-07T06:11:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T10:35:33Z
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