LAOS LITERATURE CAMBODIA LITERATURE
Laos Culture
• They have 49 ethnic groups and each of them
preserves their own dialect, customs, culture and
tradition.
• “Land of a Million Elephants,”
• It is best known for some of Southeast Asia's most
spectacular waterfalls, including Tad Fane and
Dong Hua Sao.
Laos Religion
• Theravada Buddhism
• Buddhism first appeared in laos during 18th century
Laos Language
• The official language of Laos is Lao(LAOTIAN),
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.
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)
• The Thao Hung
Dhammapada
“Words of Doctrine” or “Way of Truth”
• Is an important book in buddist literature.
• Contains 423 verses spoken by the buddha on
various occasions.
• It is originally written by pali language from india.
THERE IS NOT ONLY YOU
by: dara kanlagna
There lived a widower with her descendants
She is not anxious with any assistance
Day by day she does merits making
She thought there are no other mothers who can do as her
Oh dear! You feed your kids with no weeping
But you still said that you were poor
The poorest woman in this world
You asked to whom are level as you, please clarify
While feeding your kids you were helped by ten
You are not called for house works or cooking
But your poor can not be compared with remote women
Who make incomes for their daily surviving?
Imagining when their kids were killed by bombs They were
crying as if they would die
Those were the most awful time of their lives
Could you please clarify what level of their poor lives?
NORODOM SIHAMONI (KING)
He is the son of Norodom Sihanouk the former King in
Cambodia and the Queen is Norodom Monineath
Sihanouk of Cambodia.
HUN SEN (PRIME MINISTER)
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, though still inspired by classical themes,
began to emerge in the mid-19th century
• Epic poems and folk tale were transmitted orally;
• The Cambodian version of the ancient Ramayana
epic, which appears on bas-reliefs and frescos at
temples and pagodas throughout the country.
• In the 19th century Ang Duong, who is considered a
great king of Cambodia from 1841-1860
• Kakey & Kong Rei
• A famous oral folktale of Cambodia is Vorvong and
Sorvong
The Crocodile and the Five Judges
Bed Bug and the Louse
INDONESIAN LITERATURE
Geography
• The capital, Jakarta, is located near the northwestern
coast of Java. In the early 21st century Indonesia was
the most populous country in Southeast Asia and the
fourth most populous in the world.
• Indonesia was formerly known as the Dutch East
Indies (or Netherlands East Indies).
Language
• The official language of Indonesia is Bahasa
Indonesia
• Bahasa Indonesia, a standardized version of Malay,
is the sixth most widely spoken language in the world
(after Mandarin, English, Hindi, Spanish and Arabic).
Literature
• Indonesian literatures, the poetry and prose writings
in Javanese, Malay, Sundanese, and other languages
of the peoples of Indonesia. They include works orally
transmitted and then preserved in written form by the
Indonesian peoples, oral literature, and the modern
literatures that began to emerge in the early 20th
century as a result of Western influence.
Mrs. Geni in December
 MALAYSIA LITERATURE

Geography
• Malaysia is located in the southeast of the Asian
continent; therefore this region is often referred to as
Southeast Asia.
• Malaysia consists out two parts: Peninsular
Malaysia, located between Thailand in the north and
Singapore in the south, and the two provinces
Sabah and Sarawak, located on Borneo.
• Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia.

Language
• The official language spoken in Malaysia is the
Malaysian language
• English is also very commonly spoken in Malaysia.
Chinese dialects such as Mandarin and Hokkien 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.

• Terima kasih (te-ree-mah ka-seh) / Thank you

• Ya (yah) / Tidak (tee-dak) – Yes / No
• Selamat jalan (s’la-mat zha-lan) / Goodbye
• Sama-sama (saa-ma saa-ma) / You’re welcome

Literature
• Malaysian literature is typically written in any of the
country's four main
languages: Malay, English, Chinese and Tamil.
• The earliest works of Malaysian literature were
transmitted orally in the absence of writing scripts.
• Oral literature encompasses a variety of genres
of Malay folklore, such as myths, legends, folk
tales, romances, epics, poetry, proverbs, origin
stories and oral histories.

THE FRYING PAN

by: Zurinah Hassan