🇲🇾 MERDEKA: DECODE THE NATION 🔐

2. An animal found in Malaysian rainforests. I have orange fur, long arms and spend much of my life among trees.
4. It cannot be bought in a shop or carried in a suitcase. Nations may struggle for it, and once achieved, they celebrate.
5. A Malaysian state famous for its hornbills.
8. The peak rises above the clouds in Sabah.
12. A Malaysian state at the northern tip of Borneo.
13. A collection of people, the feeling that different communities belong together as one.
15. Freedom from colonial rule
16. A beautiful flower with five petals. Malaysia's national flower.
17. It is a city, but not Malaysia's capital. Famous for a tall clock tower, red buildings and a river that once divided it. What city is it?
20. A Malaysian title used by hereditary rulers in several states.
21. Malaysia's first Prime Minister. I led the country to independence in 1957
22. The longest river in Malaysia.
23. A Malaysian traditional game. Players flick small discs across a board and try to score points.

1. A traditional Malaysian cloth with colourful patterns, created using wax and dye.
3. The name sounds as if a country is speaking about itself. Millions of voices join together to sing.
6. A word often heard during national celebrations. I describe the feeling of being proud of the country you call home.
7. I dance in the wind with fourteen stripes. A crescent and a star are part of me. Who am I?
9. A traditional Malay performance in which stories may be told through puppets and shadows.
10. A small, green and famously smelly.
11. A mountain range rather than a single mountain, stretches along Peninsular Malaysia.
14. A Malaysian dish where noodles meet a rich, spicy sauce.
18. A traditional Malaysian weapon with a wavy blade.
19. It does not have a voice, but when raised, people stand and pay attention, represents a nation without saying a word.