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Hainteny

Hainteny logo #10101) Poetic form
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Hainteny

Hainteny logo #21000 Hainteny (pronounced hajnˈtenʲ, Malagasy for `knowledge of words`) is a traditional form of Malagasy oral literature and poetry, involving heavy use of metaphor. It is associated primarily with the Merina people of Madagascar. In its use of metaphor and allusion it resembles another type of poetry, the Malay pantun, and Fox suggests `it seems......
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