What Is Darangen All About

In addition to having a compelling narrative content, the epic explores the underlying themes of life and death, courtship, love and politics through symbol, metaphor, irony and satire.

What is the message of Darangen?

In addition to having a compelling narrative content, the epic explores the underlying themes of life and death, courtship, love and politics through symbol, metaphor, irony and satire.

What is Iliad Mahabharata Darangen?

Just as the Hindus have the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, the “Iliad and Odyssey of the East,” so the Maranaws of Lanao have preserved their epicsong which they call darangen. … The greatest of these and the principal hero of the darangen was a brave and handsome prince named Bantugen, which means “praiseworthy.”