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Proverbs have specifities, such as: meter, rhyme, slant rhyme, alliteration, assonance, personification, paradox, and parallelism. The explanation of local proverbs are given here with their meanings and interpretations. The proverbs are from: Aceh, Banyumasan, Batak Toba (North Sumatera), Bugis (South Sulawesi), Dayak Ngaju (Kalimantan Tengah), Java, Makassar (South Sulawesi), Manado (North Sulawesi), Minangkabau (West Sumatera), Semende (South Sumatra), Simalungun, Wolio (Ujung Pandang), and other proverbs that comes from: Bali, Banjar (South Kalimantan), Boolang Mongondouw (North Sulawesi), Dayak Bakumpai (South Kalimantan), Dayak Kendayan (West Kalimantan), Dayak Maanyan (Kalimantan Tengah), Dayak Suhaid, (West Kalimantan), Flores (Nusa Tenggara Timur), Jambi, Kaili (Sulawesi Tengah), Kaur (Bengkulu), Kei (Maluku), Kerinci (Jambi), Lampung, Madura (East Java Province), Mandar (West Sulawesi), Mbojo (Nusa Tenggara Barat), Minahasa (North Sulawesi), Palembang (South Sumatera), Riau, Samawa (Nusa Tenggara Timur), Sunda (West Java), and Papua. The metabolism of proverbs is giving a new paradigm and lead to a wonderful opportunity into great research.
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