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Abduction of Princess Lawanen
Darangen
- Publisher
- Independently published
- Year
- 2017
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781520857084
- Availability
- Self-published
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About the book
An episode of the Maranao epic retold in English by a Maranao author and published independently.
Nosca Khalid's book retells Episode 8 of the Darangen, the Maranao epic, and was published independently in 2017. The episode tells how Princess Lawanen of the kingdom of Bembaran is carried off and recovered. It is one of the most often told parts of the epic.
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