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The Ambahan is the indigenous poetry of the Mangyan people, who live on the island of Mindoro in the Philippines, usually vocalized as a chant about relationships with friends, work, or life itself, and captured in time by inscribing them on bamboo plants or slats, The structure is fairly simple: as many seven syllable rhyming lines as you like. More background and examples can be found in the following links:

https://lingdy.aa-ken.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/140227-intl-symp-and-ws_anya...

https://www.facebook.com/kxphilippines/posts/ambahan-poetry-of-the-hanunoo-mangy...

It should be noted that the original texts conform with the rhyming requirement, but the English translations do not.

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Dave
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