Fish fights in Malaya

Edited Title
Fish fights in Malaya
Archivist's Original Title
Fish fights in Malaya
Original description
In Malaya, Malays engage in fish fights as a form of entertainment and betting. Participants bring their own specially salted fish in jam jars, and two male fishes are placed together to display their dominance. Betting on the fish fights is a common practice, and the event is described as being almost as exciting as any other type of fight. The details were shared in a broadcast on BBC Home Service in 1961.
Transcription
S1: Malays have cockfights, they have bullfights, they even have fish fights. Believe it or not. S22: How do they stage a fish fight? S1: Yes, you may well ask.. (laugh) we once tried to stage.. S2: How do you make money out of a fish fight? S1: Well, you bet on it of course. We once tried to stage a fish fight S3: (interrupts) fishy.. S!: for the benefit of our guests. And the fishes are brought on, just like schoolboys , you think, everybody, each person brings his own fish - in a jam jar - a special salted fish - I might say S3: (gives name of the fish) S1: Well, what we saw, and the two male fishes are put into one jam jar and they make sexual display when they are faced by the other male fish, and in an extraordinary way , put up, I don't know pins bollocks and feathers and a lot of other paraphernalia and dart at each other and make little bites and it is just almost as exciting as any other kind of fight when you, especially when you realise you have your money on one of the fish.
Time duration
0:00:59
MetadataURL
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Recording date of the original material
1961-07-25
Broadcast Date
1961-09-22
Country Name
Malaysia
Recording place
Malaysia
Resource Language
English
Tags, Keywords
Gambling
Games
Archivist Category
Radio Programme
Recording context
Radio Programme
Holding Institution of Original Materials
British Library
Licensing Institution
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Accessing Institutions
British Library
Copyright Information
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Physical format
Magnetic tape
Media File URL
http://soundserver.bl.uk:81/TXXXXXXXXXXX/T09679XXXXXX/020A-T09679XXXXXX-XR08A0.mp3
Original item number
T9679
SEAH Identifier
BBC00054
Broadcast Topic
Sport
Description
Broadcaster: BBC Home Service 1961-09-22 Item notes: From 'The travellers'. Format: 1 tape reel mono. Product note: Playback copy of two 25 cm BBC Sound Archive discs: LP26206, LP26207 (Side W) Product note: Playback copy of two 25 cm BBC Sound Archive discs: LP26824, LP26944 (Side R)
Alternate date
Broadcaster: BBC Home Service 1961-09-22 Item notes: From 'The travellers'
Location
Item sets
Sound Archive of BBC South East Asian Broadcasts