WEST MALAYSIA: PAPUANS VISIT MALAYSIAN ABORIGINAL CENTRE

Record ID: 496427

  • Title: WEST MALAYSIA: PAPUANS VISIT MALAYSIAN ABORIGINAL CENTRE
  • Date: 29th July 1967
  • Summary: 1. MS PAPUANS WITH CENTRE OFFICER INSPECTING; MR. GUISE IS WITH GLASSES AND MOUSTACHE 0.08 2. CU CENTRE OFFICER (TILT DOWN) ABORIGINE 0.12 3. MS GUISE TALKING TO ABORIGINES (TWO SHOTS) 0.15 4. CU PAPUAN LOOKING 0.20 5. CU ABORIGINE 0.23 6. MS GUISE (STANDING) AND ANOTHER TAKING NOTES 0.26 7. LS FRUIT (PAN) GOVERNMENT-BUILT HOUSES FOR ABORIGINES 0.29 8. CU YAM PLANT (TILT UP) PAPUANS TAKING NOTES 0.32 9. CU SUGAR CANE 0.35 10. CU ANOTHER PLANT 0.36 11. CU JACK FRUIT 0.38 12. NS ABORIGINE WOMEN SPLITTING BAMBOO FOR MAKING BLOW PIPE DARTS 0.42 13. MS GUISE BLOW PIPE 0.44 14. CU DART SHOWN TO GUISE 0.49 15. CU DART INTO BLOW PIPE 0.52 16. MS ABORIGINE BLOWS PIPE 0.54 17. CU GROUP SMILING 0.56 18. MCU DART STUCK TO JACK FRUIT 0.57 19. LS END OF BLOW PIPE DEMONSTRATION 0.59 Initials CAR/VS/CA/YA/RBI Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 13th August 1967 13:00
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  • Location: NEGRI SEMBILAN - WEST MALAYSIA
  • Country: Malaysia
  • Reuters ID: LVAP2966QAFO8SP86VNNDJXYIQG
  • Story Text: MALAYSIA'S EXPERT KNOWLEDGE OF WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS CONCERNING ITS ABORIGINAL PEOPLE HAVE BECOME THE END OF MANY COUNTRIES WITH ABORIGINAL PROBLEMS.

    MALAYSIA HAS AN ABORIGINAL CENTRE AT NEGRI SEMBILAN, SOME 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KUALA LUMPUR. YESTERDAY (FRIDAY), A GROUP OF PAPUANS FROM NEW GUINEA VISITED THE CENTRE TO GATHER FIRST HAND INFORMATION. THE GROUP WAS LED BY MR. JOHN GUISE, A PAPUAN ASSEMBLYMAN.

    THE PAPUANS SPENT ABOUT TWO HOURS AT THE CENTRE OBSERVING THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ORANG ASLI, MALAY NAME FOR ABORIGINE.

    A VEGETABLE GARDEN FOR EACH FAMILY IS THE AIM OF THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT AT MAKING THEM SELF-SUFFICIENT IN FOOD.

    HIGHLIGHT OF THE VISIT WAS A BLOW PIPE DEMONSTRATION BY AN EXPERT ABORIGINE. AND THE TARGET WAS A JACK FRUIT. THE FOOT-LONG DART??? IS MADE OF BAMBOO FOR HUNTING BIRDS IN THE SURROUNDING JUNGLE.

    NEARLY ALL THE ABORIGINES ARE EXPERTS AT THE BLOW PIPE. MEANWHILE, THAILAND HAS ASKED MALAYSIA FOR EXPERT ADVISE IN HELPING TO SOLVE THAILAND'S HILL TRIBES PROBLEM.
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