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unknown. " Mo Li Hua " (Chinese: 茉莉花; pinyin: Mòlìhuā or Mòlihuā [a] [2]; lit. 'Jasmine Flower' [b], also called Sinfa[1]) is a Chinese folk song of the "xiaoqu" ("short song") tune type genre, hailing from the Jiangnan region which encompasses the lower banks of the Yangtze river around Suzhou, Shanghai and Hangzhou. [3][4] The song ...
Some Malay loanwords, such as bansa and guro (which in turn came from Sanskrit; see below), were later additions to the Tagalog language during the first half of the 20th century. Said words were proposals by the late linguist Eusebio T. Daluz to be adopted for further development of the Tagalog language and eventually found widespread usage ...
Malay as spoken in Malaysia (Bahasa Melayu) and Singapore, meanwhile, have more borrowings from English. [1] There are some words in Malay which are spelled exactly the same as the loan language, e.g. in English – museum (Indonesian), hospital (Malaysian), format, hotel, transit etc.
Negaraku. " Negaraku " (Jawi: نݢاراکو , pronounced [nəgaraku]; English: "My Country") is the national anthem of Malaysia. It was adopted as the national anthem at the time of the Federation of Malaya 's independence from the United Kingdom in 1957. The tune was originally used as the state anthem of Perak, "Allah Lanjutkan Usia Sultan".
Angklung. The angklung (Sundanese: ᮃᮀᮊᮣᮥᮀ) is a musical instrument from the Sundanese in Indonesia that is made of a varying number of bamboo tubes attached to a bamboo frame. [1] The tubes are carved to produce a resonant pitch when struck and are tuned to octaves, similar to Western handbells.
Percussion Instruments. Bebendil - used in traditional performances in Sabah. Bonang Baron - used in classical Malay music of Malay Gamelan. Bungkau - used in traditional performances in Sabah. Canang. Canang Anak - used in traditional performances such as Wayang Kulit, Mak Yong and Main Puteri. Canang Ibu - used in traditional performances ...
Singapore portal. v. t. e. " Majulah Singapura " [a] is the national anthem of Singapore. Composed by Zubir Said in 1958 as a theme song for official functions of the City Council of Singapore, the song was selected in 1959 as the nation's anthem when it attained self-government. Upon full independence in 1965, "Majulah Singapura" was formally ...
"Bayan Ko" (usually translated as "My Country"; Spanish: Nuestra patria, lit. 'Our Motherland') is one of the most recognizable patriotic songs of the Philippines.It was written in Spanish by the revolutionary general José Alejandrino in light of the Philippine–American War and subsequent American occupation, and translated into Tagalog some three decades later by the poet José Corazón de ...