Sang Nila Utama (literally the "main indigo" or could also be, if pronounced differently, "Nila=Moon or Neela=Blue or Indigo in Tamil and Utama=Primary) was a Srivijayan prince from Palembang who founded the Kingdom of Singapura in 1299 . He was officially styled as Sri Maharaja Sang Utama Parameswara Batara Sri Tri Buana (meaning: "Lord Central King Batara of Three world Realms", signifying his lordship over Palembang, Bintan and Singapura). Sang Nila Utama strengthened his position by establishing powerful relationships with China, and officially recognised as the ruler of Singapore by an envoy of Chinese emperor in 1320. He died in 1347 and succeeded by his son, Paduka Seri Wikrama Wira.
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“She sang a song that sounds like life; I mean it was sad. Délira knew no other types of songs. She didn’t sing loud, and the song had no words. It was sung with closed lips and it stayed down in one’s throat.... Life is what taught them, these Negresses, to sing as if they were choking back sobs. It is a song that always ends with a beginning anew because this song is the picture of misery, and tell me, does misery ever end?”
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