History - Malaysia at Expo'70 Osaka - Japan

Malaysia, already and long and rich experience fo EXPOs !

The Malaysian pavilion at Expo'70 Osaka has a unique architecture based on the Malay rural home and is built entirely in Malay quality wood. The pavilion roof has three symbolic structures in the typical style of the houses "Minangkabau" in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula.


The building stands on stilts as a Malaysian home "kampong" (Village) and the interior is enhanced by a generous use of wood carvings and complex "Batek" (a hand-painted fabric) and rattan paneling .


Pavilion visitors first pass through an area representing Malaysia as a beautiful nation and growing. From there, you move into the main display area that shows the progress of Malaysia and highlights the natural resources, industrialization program and the general economic and social development.

Upstairs is represented art, culture and history of different peoples of Malaysia in a traditional and exotic Malaysian context.

The cultural display especially emphasizes the harmony of the multiracial society between the peoples of Malaysia. It also presents the "old" Malaysia as a direct contrast to the ultra-modern presentation in the field of development.

Along the way visitors can relax in a typical garden Malaysian restaurant or eating the famous dish of Malaysia to the pin, "satay" while watching a show performed by a troupe of 15 artists from Malaysia.

The participation of Malaysia in Expo '70 is highlighted by cultural events by a group of about 20 artists exhibiting for the first time in Japan, the folklore of Malaysia in all its color and splendor.

Location of Malaysian pavilion, Osaka Expo '70 :

History - Chile, at the Expo'70 Osaka

"Expanding the horizons of the Pacific" is the theme that shows the determination to turn Chile into the Pacific and expand its cultural and commercial relations with Asian nations.

Since the World Exhibition in Paris in 1889, Chile has participated in any event of this type.

However, evidence of his interest at EXPO 70, he was the first South American country to send its candidacy in Osaka and made ​​a series of postage stamps to commemorate the World Fair in Japan.

The Chilean pavilion was designed by Chilean architects Federico Guevara, Gonzalo Asenjo and Isaac Esquenazi. In collaboration with the consulting architect and engineers Hugo Ramon Hernandez and Raul Ramirez Undurraga. Its metal frame is covered with Chilean copper plates for the roof and steel side walls and is based on a lattice structure, extraordinarily bold.

Exceptionally highlighted this building reflects the fundamental qualities of the Chilean people: simplicity, elegance and moderation. These traits of the Chilean discernible in everyday life are revealed also in the rational use of resources and breadth of knowledge.

This pavilion is located across from the Square Friday. At the entrance, a "Moai" of volcanic rock, from the island of Easter, symbolizes the presence of Chile in the Pacific. The interior offers an image of the country in its geographical, cultural, industrial, institutional and human resources, through processes audio-visual documentaries, which are presented so that the visitor is immersed in an oasis of quiet rest.

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