Puja Pantai

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1427
Date Released
8 Oct 1956
Date Other
Sep 1956
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 9
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Puja Pantai (Festival of Prayer - Held Every 7 Years). DESCRIPTION: Held every seven years by Malay fisher folk, Puja Pantai is a festival of prayer and thanksgiving to the Spirit of the Sea. Whole families get together on a beach to eat, drink and make merry. SHOTLIST: People on the beach. Ornamental boat in the sea. Woman in the sea. People seated eating. Boy playing piano accordion. CU food. Men top spinning. Men carrying large kites. Boy looking through binoculars. Two kites in the air. Dusk - people walking about. Women dancing. Man playing drums. Dancing.
Keywords
Religion and belief
Locations
Malaya
Footage sources
Central Office of Information
Card file number
68428
Credits:
Commentator
David Lewis Jacobs
Length of story (in feet)
84
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Puja Pantai', British Movietone News Issue No. 1427, 8 Oct 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21241 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)