Badang
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Badang is a legendary Southeast Asian strongman from the Malay world, said to have originated from Batu Pahat, in present-day Johore. According to traditional Malay folklore, Badang was a common labor
Badang The stronger man
Badang lifted the stone
Artwork featuring Badang pushing the Raja's boat at Singapore Night Festival 2023.
A depiction of Badang lifting the Singapore Stone at National Day Parade 2016.
Singapore Stone
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The Singapore Stone is a fragment of a large sandstone slab which originally stood at the mouth of the Singapore River. The large slab, which is believed to date back to at least the 13th century and
Badang
…became renowned for feats of strength and acts of loyalty. Badang is associated with various regional legends and historical artefacts, most notably the Singapore Stone, although there is no historical evidence linking him to it. The written record of the legend of Si Badang is found in the Malay Annals, an important…
A photo of the Singapore Stone (above), and an artist's rendering of the inscriptions on the fragment of the Stone from an 1848 article by J.W. Laidlay published in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (below)
Singapore Stone drawings detail
The Singapore Stone, 10-14th centuries.
The Fullerton Hotel Singapore, which today stands near the site where the Singapore Stone was found