There along the foreshore is the Kampung Ayer, or Chinese Water Village, better known as the Clan Piers, a hamlet of houses on stilts, joined by wooden walkways over the water and inhibited by 2,000 boatmen or fishing families, each group belonging to a different clan.
There is a population of 2,000 boatmen or fishing families in the Chinese Water Village.
Two men are playing instruments, the man on the left is playing the violin and the one on the right a harp.