ABOR I GI NE S

MANSOR
NOOR HANNA BINTI
R U L IZ ZATI M U AF A H BINTI KHALID
NU
TI N S Y A FAW AN I B IN TI MOHD SOUPI
FA
S N A BIN TI M O H D KHAIRUZAN
NURUL HU
 INTRODUCTION

The term orang asli

( original people or aboriginals)
is the term used to describe the tribal or recently
tribal people that live in peninsular Malaysia.
The orang asli are not a homogeneous group.
Each has its own language and culture.
They also perceives itself as different from the
others
Estimated population : 149,512 (2011)
 NEGRITO

TRIBAL
GROUPS

PROTO
MALAY
SENOI
 NEGRITO

Also known as Semang, they are a negrito group of hunter-

gatherers and shifting cultivators that live in the lowland rain
forests in northern Malaysia and southern Thailand.
There are only about 2,000 of them and they are divided into 8
groups whose numbers range from about 100 to 850.
Most semang languages are in the mon-khmer group
or the aslian branch of the austroasiatic group of
languages.
Most also speak some malay and there are many
malay loan words in semang languages.
 MARRIAGE

Semang people choose their own partner.

There are some rules that discourage marriages of close
relatives.
A marriage is often defined when a couple starts living together.
Sometimes there is a small feast and the groom gives some gifts
to the brides family.
Polygyny and polyandry are sometimes practiced but
are rare.
Divorce is acceptable in most cases, especially if the
couple has no children.
In most cases, the couple simply stop living together.
Semang people of Kuala Kenering, Ulu Perak
 DEATH
Upon death, most groups believe the shadow-soul goes to an island
in the afterworld in the western horizon.
Before the shadow-soul departs it sometimes lingers as a malevolent
ghost.
Most Semang groups bury their dead in shallow graves.
Some groups practice tree burial, in which the dead are buried on a
platform in a tree.
Sometimes shaman are buried with their head above the ground.
 SENOI
Senoi are a group of slash-and-burn farmers that live in the rain-
forested mountains and foothills of the main mountains range which
bisects the Malaysia peninsula, primarily in northeast Pahang and
southeast Perak.
Most speak some Malay and there are many Malay loan words in
Senoi languages.
Many have never traveled further than a few kilometers
from the place they were born. [Source: encyclopedia
of world cultures, east and southeast asia edited by
paul hockings (G.K. Hall & company, 1993)]
 MARRIAGE
Marriages are generally fairly casual.
Divorces are common and sometimes brothers practice a form of
wife swapping.
Some practice modified Malay wedding ceremonies. Some require a
bride price form the groom.
After marriage the couple generally lives first with the wifes group
and later with the husbands group.
 PROTO-MALAY

A group of people believed to have migrated to the Malay

peninsula over three thousand years ago preceding the migration
of the deutero-malays.
Settled in Malaysia by 1000BC.
 The proto-malays are believed to be knowledgeable in
oceanography and possessing advanced fishing as well as
basic agricultural skills - the new guinea theory (published in
1965)
Theproto-malays are the ancestors of the Malays in the
modern Malaysia and Indonesia.
 DEATH
All will gather at the deceaseds home.
Prepare food for the deceased and burn the incense.
Ring the bell for 7 times or stomp feet for 7 times while shouting the
deceaseds name with the intention to invite the spirit to eat.
On the way back from the grave, they will sprinkle tepung mawar to
prevent the ghosts from following them.
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