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Title: 415. Aci, Aci, Buka Pintu (P. Ramlee) View count: 5671 Rating: 5.0 (28 ratings) Description: I had to upload this song again as the original file became corrupted. This happened to almost all my videos uploaded between Feb 16 and May 19, 2008. Of all those corrupted videos this one was the most popular, with 16,750 views. This video is a tribute to Tan Sri P. Ramlee (1929-73), famous Malaysian actor, film director and songwriter. He wrote over 360 songs, most of which were used in his movies, though this one was written by Ainol Jamal. This song, "Aci, Aci, Open the Door", is from the 1962 comedy film "Nasib Si Labu Labi" ("The Fate of Labu and Labi", or "What Happened to Labu and Labi"), which was a sequel to the earlier "Labu dan Labi". It was sung by P. Ramlee and Salmah Ismail (1935-1983), better known as Saloma. The song is in the form of a dialogue between an elderly Indian lady, who would be addressed as Aci, and her husband. An old Indian man would be addressed as Nana. The old man asks his wife to open the door and tells her not to be afraid of the ghost bird, the owl, as he has a walking stick to protect them against it. She tells him there is a "jembalang" behind the house - a ghost in the form of a deer or bull. He replies that the ghosts will run away when they see his parang - a big knife used for cutting vegetation - though he seems a bit worried that his weapon is quite a small one. His wife however is reassured and remembers that she can also use her broom as a weapon. You can see the original scene from the movie on YouTube, complete with Malay and English subtitles, if you do a search for the song title. You can see a playlist of my songs from Asia, Africa and the Middle East here: http://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?pi=0&ps=20&sf=&sa=0&sq=&dm=0&p=3EA30970DB19283E For lyrics and chords please go to my website: http://www.raymondcrooke.com Tags: folk, song, malaysia, malay, bahasa, melayu, film, ghost, hantu, saloma, labi, labu, Author: raymondcrooke |
