Rasa Sayang

"Rasa Sayang"
Song
LanguageMalay
English titleRasa Sayang
Genre

"Rasa Sayang" (pronounced [ˈrasa 'sajaŋ], literally "loving feeling") is a folk song from the Malay Archipelago,[1][2][3][4] popular in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The basis of "Rasa Sayang" is similar to Dondang Sayang and Malay folk songs, which take their form from the pantun, a traditional ethnic Malay poetic form.[5]

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  3. ^ Iwabuchi, Koichi; Muecke, Stephen; Thomas, Mandy, eds. (2004). Rogue Flows: Trans-Asian Cultural Traffic. University of Washington Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-962-209-699-8.
  4. ^ Gerwyn Elidor David Lewis (1992). Out East in the Malay Peninsula. OUP South East Asia. p. 142. ISBN 978-967-65-1594-0.
  5. ^ Brakel, L.F.; Balfas, M.; Bin Osman, M. Taib; Gonda, J.; Rangkuti, B.; Lumbera, B.; Kahler, H. (1976). Handbuch der Orientalistik: Literaturen, Abschn. 1. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers. p. 135. ISBN 90-04-04331-4.