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Many newspapers have a weekly tanka column, and there are many professional and amateur tanka poets; Makoto Ōoka's poetry column was published seven days a week for more than 20 years on the front page of Asahi Shimbun. [11] As a parting gesture, outgoing PM Jun'ichirō Koizumi wrote a tanka to thank his supporters.
Ang puso ko at buhay man, sa iyo'y ibibigay. Tungkulin ko’y gagampanan, na lagi kang paglingkuran. Ang laya mo'y babantayan, Pilipinas kong hirang. Bayan sa silanga’y hiyas, Pilipinas kong mahal. Kami’y iyo hanggang wakas, Pilipinas kong mahal. Mga ninuno naming lahat, sa iyo’y naglingkod ng tapat. Ligaya mo’y aming hangad,
In the time of the Man'yōshū (compiled after 759 AD), the term "tanka" was used to distinguish "short poems" from the longer chōka (長歌, "long poems").In the ninth and tenth centuries, however, notably with the compilation of the Kokin Wakashū, the short poem became the dominant form of poetry in Japan, and the originally general word waka (和歌, "Japanese poem") became the standard ...
The Boat Dwellers, also known as Shuishangren (Chinese: 水上人; pinyin: shuǐshàng rén; Cantonese Yale: Séuiseuhngyàn; "people living on the water") or Boat People, or the derogatory Tankas, [2] [3] are a sinicised ethnic group in Southern China [4] who traditionally lived on junks in coastal parts of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hainan, Shanghai, Zhejiang and along the Yangtze river, as ...
The tanka standard was introduced in the prosperous Himalayan Kathmandu Valley (Nepal proper) in the 16th century. It was modeled on the currency of Delhi, Bengal and the Mughal Empire. The Nepalese tanka was a debased silver coin struck in 10 g. weight with minor denominations of 1⁄4, 1⁄32, 1⁄123, 1⁄512.
Florante at Laura [a] is an 1838 awit written by Tagalog poet Francisco Balagtas.The story was dedicated to his former sweetheart María Asunción Rivera, whom he nicknamed "M.A.R." and Selya in Kay Selya ("For Celia").
The Tanka movement (Bengali: টঙ্ক আন্দোলন) was a militant agrarian struggle on behalf of the Hajong tribal people in Mymensingh District, British Bengal (later East Bengal, Pakistan) 1937–1950. [1] The movement was parallel, but distinct from, the Tebhaga movement in other parts of Bengal.
Serapion Cuartel Torre (November 14, 1892 – December 17, 1941), [1] was a Filipino litterateur, poet, novelist, zarzuela writer, and playwright of the Hiligaynon language.He is widely known as the "Father of Modern Hiligaynon Literature".