Word: yati
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...Malaysia after many years abroad. Dreaming of recording contracts, Harry pulls together a band that just happens to include a representative of each of the country's three major races, plus a Eurasian lead singer and a flamboyantly gay keyboardist, played by Edwin R. Sumun. The band's bassist, Yati, is a young Malay woman torn between her love for Harry and his Western ways and her conservative, highly religious family. Yati, played with glowing conviction by Ellie Suriaty Omar, carries much of the film...
Shortly after midnight, the brittle crackle of small-arms fire welled out of the distance, slowly drew closer. The adjutant roared with laughter at our nervous inquiry. "Pu-yau-chin, pu-yati-chin" (No matter, no matter), he said. "Do not worry. This happens every night. The Communists are counterattacking but we will stop them...
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