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This is the eighth volume being added to the original 7-volume Philippine Folk Literature Series.įolk epics are long heroic narratives in verse which recount the adventures of tribal heroes and in the process express the customs, beliefs, and ideals of the people who sing them. Philippine Folk Literature: The Epics presents 23 folk epics collected from some 14 ethnolinguistic groups in the country.
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