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Kakawin Sutasoma
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<p><i>Kakawin Sutasoma</i> is an <a href="/facts/Old_Javanese_language/tuuQKGvf">Old Javanese</a> poem in <a href="/facts/Meter_(poetry)/uIzxuQHA">poetic meters</a> (<i><a href="/facts/Kakawin/YqTrmDVx">kakawin</a></i> or <i><a href="/facts/Kavya/kgbj5QF4">kavya</a></i>). It is the source of the <a href="/facts/Motto/zPMmWKAW">motto</a> of <a href="/facts/Indonesia/vQnWU3IW">Indonesia</a>, <i><a href="/facts/Bhinneka_Tunggal_Ika/AEoqK5z6">Bhinneka Tunggal Ika</a></i>, which is usually translated as <i>Unity in Diversity</i>, although it means '(Although) in pieces, yet One'. It is not without reason that the motto was taken from this <a href="/facts/Kakawin/YqTrmDVx">kakawin</a> as the kakawin teaches <a href="/facts/Religious_tolerance/ho38UdfK">religious tolerance</a>, specifically between the <a href="/facts/Hinduism/oxV9YvQh">Hindu</a> and <a href="/facts/Buddhism/G0wsjrSl">Buddhist</a> religions. </p><p>The Kakawin tells the epic story of Lord Sutasoma, and was written by <a href="/facts/Mpu_Tantular/YwQ5YWEI">Mpu Tantular</a> in the 14th Century. The poem is played in <a href="/facts/Wayang/pm5SKzhF">wayang</a> theatre. </p>