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The Epic of King Gesar (pronounced:ˈɡɛzər or ɡəˈzɑr in English; also spelled Geser, Ge-sar, Ge Sar, or Gisar) is the central epic poem of Tibet and much of Central Asia. With about 140 Gesar ballad singers surviving today (including singers of Tibetan, Mongolian, Buryat and Tu ethnicities), it is prized as one of the few living epics. The epic, believed to be approximately 1000 years old, concerns the fearless king Gesar, who ruled the legendary Kingdom of gLing (often simplified to the phonetic Ling).

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  • The Epic of King Gesar (pronounced:ˈɡɛzər or ɡəˈzɑr in English; also spelled Geser, Ge-sar, Ge Sar, or Gisar) is the central epic poem of Tibet and much of Central Asia. With about 140 Gesar ballad singers surviving today (including singers of Tibetan, Mongolian, Buryat and Tu ethnicities), it is prized as one of the few living epics. The epic, believed to be approximately 1000 years old, concerns the fearless king Gesar, who ruled the legendary Kingdom of gLing (often simplified to the phonetic Ling).
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  • The Epic of King Gesar (pronounced:ˈɡɛzər or ɡəˈzɑr in English; also spelled Geser, Ge-sar, Ge Sar, or Gisar) is the central epic poem of Tibet and much of Central Asia. With about 140 Gesar ballad singers surviving today (including singers of Tibetan, Mongolian, Buryat and Tu ethnicities), it is prized as one of the few living epics. The epic, believed to be approximately 1000 years old, concerns the fearless king Gesar, who ruled the legendary Kingdom of gLing (often simplified to the phonetic Ling). The epic is considered the longest literary work in the world. Although there is no one definitive compilation, if completed it would fill some 120 volumes, containing over 20 million words in more than one million verses.
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