FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

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The mix of cultures in Malaysia can be seen as both a source of strength and a cause for concern.
Episode : 4 | Year : 1976 | Total Duration : 52 Minutes | Producer : John Temple, Don Murray
Director : Arch Nicholson |
Cut fish laid on bamboo mats to dry in the sun. Figurative exhibition of the sacred Hindu texts. Front facade of a hospital. Her majesty Sultanah, wife of Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah. His majesty Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah.
Khoo Kongsi Chinese clan association temple. Malaysian children sit studying the Koran. Malaysian family sift rice through a cane basket. Malaysian man in a small boat casting a fishing net into the sea. Malaysian man in a small boat casting a fishing net into the sea.
Malaysian man performing traditional silat martial art/dance. Malaysian man throwing a spinning top, a traditional pastime. Malaysian man winding rope on a spinning top, a traditional pastime. Malaysian man winding rope on a spinning top, a traditional pastime. Malaysian men performing traditional silat martial art/dance.
Malaysian men performing traditional silat martial art/dance. Malaysian men playing traditional music. Malaysian men sit looking out from a moored sailing boat. Malaysian mosque. Malaysian mosque.
Malaysian mosque. Malaysian mosque. Malaysian muslims praying in a mosque. Malaysian woman laying out cut fish on bamboo mats to dry in the sun. Malaysian woman sits beside cut fish laid on bamboo mats to dry in the sun.
Malaysian women sit on a deck weaving. Malaysian women weaving. Malaysians trading at a small sea side market in a rural coastal village. Malaysians trading at small sea side market in a rural coastal village. Man and woman inspecting the catch.
Man directing a buffalo, ploughing a paddy field. Man holding a kite on a beach. Member of the Khoo Kongsi Chinese clan association prays in front of a shrine. Members of the Khoo Kongsi Chinese clan association light incense in front of the temple. Members of the Khoo Kongsi Chinese clan association light incense in front of the temple.
Members of the Khoo Kongsi Chinese clan association lighting incense and candles. Members of the Khoo Kongsi Chinese clan association lighting incense. Men and boys secure a fishing boat on a beach. Men at the entrance of the Khoo Kongsi Chinese clan association temple. Men at the entrance of the Khoo Kongsi Chinese clan association temple.
Men mending fishing nets on a pier. Portrait of woman drying fish. Street scene in front of a church and other colonial buildings. Three Malaysian men fish from a small row boat. Woman and children near houses built on stilts above a river.
Writer/presenter John Temple interviews Malaysian former prime minister Tunku Abdul Rahman.