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From lush jungles to island shores, Southeast Asian folktales carry Buddhist virtue, animist wonder, and maritime myth.
Parchment-style illustration of Mahsuri pierced by keris, white blood flowing, villagers stunned in Malaysian folktale.

The White Blood of Mahsuri

More than four hundred years ago, on the verdant island of Langkawi, where emerald waters kissed white sandy shores and rice paddies stretched like golden carpets across the land, there lived a maiden of extraordinary beauty. Her name was Mahsuri, and she was renowned throughout the island as the most
Parchment-style illustration of Indonesian Bawang Putih washing clothes at riverbank in traditional attire.

The Shallot and Garlic

Long ago in a small village in Indonesia, there lived two half-sisters whose names reflected the humble vegetables of their homeland: Bawang Merah, meaning “Shallot,” and Bawang Putih, meaning “Garlic.” Though they shared a home, the two girls could not have been more different from one another. Bawang Merah, the
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