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Popular fruits in Malaysia

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Creator
Kristin Post
Date created
August 6, 2000
Duration
1:33
Location
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
File
MP3
License
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Malaysia is a primarily tropical climate, and you can find many varieties of fruits available from fruitstands everywhere.

This is a recording of me with a young girl, Suhida, who is explaining some of the more popular fruits to me, ones that are very rarely found in the United States. Some of them have interesting tastes. You can also hear the beginning of a sudden rainstorm, which is common in the rainy season in all tropical Asian countries.

From my journal:

It was a five hour bus ride. one stop at a fruit stand where I ate mangosteen, rambutan and durian. Durian is one filling fruit. Like mangosteen and rambutan better.

Transcript

Kristin
A durian is a very spiky fruit on the outside. And, it looks like it hurts. It’s got lots of thorns. And what does durian mean?
Suhida
Um. Durian.
Kristin
What does it… How does it…
Suhida
Duri
Kristin
Means…
Suhida
Durian. Duri means thorns, that’s why it’s called durian.
Kristin
Uh huh. And what’s the other fruit that you like?
Suhida
Rambutan. What does that mean? Rambut means hair. And look. My dad just bought some, see?
Kristin
Oh, great. I like the rambutan. Rambutan are sweet.
Suhida
I know!
Kristin
So and the durian, the rambutan, and what’s this?
Suhida
Mangees.
Kristin
Mangees?
Suhida
Mangees.
Kristin
Mangees. You eat everything but the seed, you eat all the flesh around the seed. It’s very good. And it’s raining very hard.

[Rain falling]

Other
Okay?
Kristin
Gonna have to run for it!