<Tr> <Th> Region </Th> <Td> Philippines </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Equivalent </Th> <Td> Culture hero </Td> </Tr> <P> Biag ni Lam - ang (English: "The Life of Lam - ang") is an epic poem of the Ilocano people from the Ilocos region of the Philippines . Recited and written in the original Ilocano, the poem is believed to be a composite work of various poets who passed it on through the generations, and was first transcribed around 1640 by a blind Ilocano poet named Pedro Bucaneg . </P> <P> According to Indologists Juan R. Francisco and Josephine Acosta Pasricha, the nature of Hindu influences and folklore arrived in Philippines by about 9th to 10th century AD . The Biag ni Lam - Ang is the version of the Ilocanos derived from the Indian Hindu epic Ramayana . </P>

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