BRAASEM, W.A. (COMPILER),
Bamboe doeri en orchideeën. Indonesische Volkspoëzie vertaald en ingeleid. Eerste druk; First edition].
Amsterdam, De Beuk, 1955. Small 8°, wraps., large illustration on front wrapper, repeated on title-page. 38pp. Colophon. [Vriendenkring van De Beuk, tweede serie A, deel 5, edited by Wim J. Simons & Joh. B.W. Polak]. Choice collection of traditional Indonesian and Malay magic folkpoetry or Pantuns, translated, edited and compiled in dutch, which includes a rather lengthy (10pp.) appraisal of its cultural and traditional background by compiler. Published in a limited but unnumbered edition by a dutch literary Society, De Beuk. Very good copy.
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Keywords: literature poetry pantun pantoen indonesia malay southeast asia bnuur folkpoetry tradition culture heritage