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The Malay Chronicles

The year is 120 AD… a time when the Roman Empire is at the height of its power, during the reign of Hadrian – one of the Five Good Emperors. Meanwhile in China, the Han Dynasty is firmly cemented as the ruling empire and is expanding into Central Asia… one hundred years before the period of the Three Kingdoms.

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Malaya 1949

Spencer Tracy and James Stewart team up for this World War II adventure, based on an supposedly true incident from World War II. Stewart plays John Royer, an ex-newspaper reporter with a backhand knowledge of Malaya, and Tracy plays a criminal named Carnaghan, doing time in Alcatraz for smuggling. Read the rest of this entry »

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Dewangga Sakti@’Kacip’ Pipiyapong

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Langkasuka the Movie

If stories give life to a place, those of the four queens of Pattani recall laughter and tears, love and revenge that shaped a chapter of the little known history of this Islamic maritime kingdom about six centuries ago.

Nobody knows what Princess Ijau might have thought when she ascended the throne as the first queen of Pattani in 1584. Read the rest of this entry »

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Ulek Mayang

UPDATE: Ulek Mayang 7 Wasiat by Peacebuy

The moment he recovered he immediately fell in love with the Puteri Duyung. Thus the forbidden love germinated between the two lovers of different world against the will and the liking of the oceanic spirits. The hulubalang soon returned bringin with them the 7 Wasiats, while the Prince decided to stay and marry his beloved Puteri Duyung. They stayed they for long period of time until one day…the Prince told his lover….”sudah tikanya kanda pulang…..”

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Tengku Ryo is Malay Phenomena!

Ketengah laut tongkang dikayuh
Dikayuh oleh nelayan Lingga
Darilah hilir hingga ke hulu
Satulah wahai bangsa Melayu

Macam buloh panjang bersekat
Darilah pangkal sampai ke pucuk
Boleh tanah bersekat batas
Resam Melayu satulah nafas

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