La Galigo epic

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The La Galigo epic is a monumental Bugis literary work from South Sulawesi, Indonesia, recounting mythic origins, deities, and heroic adventures that form a core of Bugis cultural and spiritual tradition.

All labels observed (2)

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I La Galigo 2
La Galigo epic canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bugis literature ⓘ
epic poem ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
mythological text ⓘ
adaptation stage performance by Robert Wilson ⓘ
alternativeName Sureq Galigo ⓘ
associatedPlace Luwu ⓘ
linked to: Luwu Regency

South Sulawesi ⓘ
associatedReligion indigenous Bugis religion ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Indonesia ⓘ
culturalSignificance core of Bugis cultural tradition ⓘ
core of Bugis spiritual tradition ⓘ
culture Bugis people ⓘ
linked to: Bugis
ethnicGroup Bugis ⓘ
featuresCharacter Batara Guru ⓘ
I La Galigo ⓘ
linked to: La Galigo epic

Sawerigading ⓘ
We Tenriabeng ⓘ
genre cosmogony ⓘ
heroic epic ⓘ
mythology ⓘ
influenced Bugis performing arts ⓘ
Bugis ritual practices ⓘ
language Bugis language ⓘ
linked to: Buginese language
length one of the longest literary works in the world ⓘ
mainTheme deities and divine beings ⓘ
heroic adventures ⓘ
mythic origins of the Bugis world ⓘ
materialForm palm-leaf manuscript ⓘ
paper manuscript ⓘ
name La Galigo ⓘ
narrativeFunction genealogy of rulers ⓘ
origin myth of the Bugis people ⓘ
preservedAt Leiden University Library ⓘ
National Library of Indonesia ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO Memory of the World Register ⓘ
regionOfOrigin South Sulawesi ⓘ
religiousContext pre-Islamic Bugis beliefs ⓘ
setting Luwu kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Luwu Kingdom

mythic Bugis cosmos ⓘ
structure cycle of interconnected episodes ⓘ
subjectOf scholarly research on Austronesian epics ⓘ
timeOfComposition 14th century ⓘ
15th century ⓘ
16th century ⓘ
transmission manuscript tradition ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
UNESCOListingYear 2011 ⓘ
usedIn traditional Bugis ceremonies ⓘ
writingSystem Lontara script ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bugis indigenous religion → hasText → La Galigo epic ⓘ
Robert Wilson → notableWork → I La Galigo ⓘ
linked to: La Galigo epic
La Galigo epic → featuresCharacter → I La Galigo ⓘ
linked to: La Galigo epic