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  • Collection: Petikan tentang Orang Asli

"The third important task of the Department for Orang Asli Affairs is to improve the living standards of the Orang Asli. This has primarily affected the groups living outside the deep jungle, in the more accessible areas of the country. The…

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"The new policy which involved the establishment of jungle forts was undoubtedly, a great improvement upon resettlement, but there were of course a number of setbacks and difficulties and mistakes continued to be made. For example, as late as 1957,…

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"Orang Asli (original people) is a Malay term currently in use for small ethnolinguistic groups living on mainland Malay Peninsula and the islands around it. It is a direct translation of the English word aborigines, but this label was strictly used…

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"The term Bumiputra in the Malaysian sense can be translated into "indigenous" or "native". In the figure above, the Orang Asli are indigenous people together with Malays and the Non-Malay Bumiputera. At the same time, there is also the sense given…

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"Given our understanding of the origin of the word sakai as outlined above, we are not able to agree with Couillard's opinion that the word has its source in Sanskrit sakhi with the meaning "friend, companion, comrade" (quoted from Dentan et al., p.…

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"Conditions have changed since the last decades of the 20th century. There are no hunters and gatherers any more. The people can choose to stay put in the jungle areas where they used to live, or to re-locate to housing areas outside their erstwhile…

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""Orang Asli" is a term used only in Malaysia to refer to the aborigines. In Malaysia's view they are an integral part of the peoples of Malaysia, just like the other indigenous (Bumiputra) groups (Figure 1.1), and if there are orang Melayu, orang…

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"The Land Orang Asli consisting only of the Jakun, the Kanak and the Temuan, are found only in the Malay Peninsula. It has been the tradition among scholars when writing about them to place them in the umbrella group of the Malayan aborigines, who…

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"The question of whether the Orang Asli were the first to step foot on the Malay Peninsula has been a moot point among scholars of the history of the peninsula. However, as explained in Chapter 1, there is good reason for retaining the term in…

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"Malay texts tell of the existence of suku or tribes. Each suku is identified with a batin or a penghulu, who got into the good books of the Sultan and was awarded with a maritime region out of which he could build his authority and wealth. Hence, a…

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"The people earn their common-noun label "sea-gypsies" due to their way of life of living in wooden boats (the kabang) and temporary huts, and foraging for food. The fish they catch from the sea using nets are for their own consumption, and mostly…

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"The Malaysia must have known the Jakun from earlier times, by the very name Jakun. In Malay idioms, anything that refers to an aspect of folkways that was considered unMalay, or deeply rural, was said to be "Jakun". This idiom is no longer in use,…

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"There may be several factors for the stark difference in the population figures for the Kanak, and the Jakun and Temuan. One is that even from the beginning of their settlement in Malaya, the Kanak were a much smaller group compared to the other…

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"According to Malay texts, the Orang Seletar have their kinsmen in the Riau-Lingga Archipelago. This group of islands as well as Singapore were once part of the Malay Johor-Riau empire. Singapore was ceded to the British in 1819. And following the…

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"The Adang archipelego consists of several islands in the Andaman Sea, and the biggest of them all is the one that bears the name "Pulau Adang". The Urak Lawoi' inhabit only three of these islands, and these are Pulau Adang, Pulau Lipe', and Pulau…

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"Hikayat Awang Sulong Merah Muda is an epic tale of a scion of an Orang Laut family who rose to become the Sultan of Semarang, Java through his marriage to a Javanese princess. This part of the tale may not have any historical truth, but what comes…

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"The term "language" used here is one that is general in nature, i. e. a speech system that is the medium of communication of a particular community. With the meaning given, a speech system can be a language or a dialect of the language. Hence, the…

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"So far we have been using the concepts of "Malayic" and "non-Malayic" in our reference to the Austronesian Orang Asli. The two concepts signal proximity and distance respectively between these speech systems and Malay. There is no definite…

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"Also from the result of the lexicostatistical test, Duano is found to be a language in its own right, not a dialect of Malay as claimed by certain scholars (e. g. Mohd Sharifuding, 2013). This finding contradicts another claim that there is no…

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"Compared to the Austronesian Orang Asli, there are fewer records of the Austroasiatic counterpart. The Orang Asli recorded in Hikayat Abdullah in Singapore and Melaka were those of the Austronesian family. According to Benjamin (1968, p. 1), "there…

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"As knowledge concerning the Austroasiatic Orang Asli is available mostly in the works of anthropologists, it is to be expected that their findings and conclusions on the division of these peoples into various tribes are accepted and used by the…

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"The Jah Hut is also a small tribe, and they are all found in Pahang. Writing in 1976, Carey says there were about 2000 of them, a figure which does not seem to show any increase from the onw given in the census of 1969. Carey also writes that there…

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"Benjamin's division into the three groups of Aslian languages - Northern, Central, and Southern - is based on the cognate percentages obtained. His calculation shows model cognacy rates of 47% for Northern Aslian, 37% for Central Aslian, and 38% for…

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"In order to get a better of picture of Lanoh, we applied the lexicostatiscal test on this language and Kensiu-Kentak. The latter was chosen because in Baling, before the migration of the tribes to Perak, Lanoh lived in the same area or settlement as…

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"Kensiu-Kentak, Temiar and Semai provide evidence of the presence of nasal plosion. There seems to be more of this phonological feature in Kensiu-Kentak, compared to the other two, in terms of types as well as in the examples for each type."

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"The whole of the Hikayat Awang Sulong Merah Muda is about Orang Asli, or rather a tribe of the Orang Asli who migrated from Terengganu to the west coast and made their home at place a place which, according to the description given, is near Gunung…

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"Orang Asli ialah komuniti yang terbukti kaya dengan ilmu pengetahuan dan kebijaksanaan tentang pengurusan alam semula jadi. Kehebatan komuniti tersebut ternyata berpunca daripada generasi terdahulu. Keserasian cara hidup yang begitu harmoni dengan…

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"Strategi pembangunan komuniti Orang Asli pada masa kini digubal selaras dengan falsafah pembangunan luar bandar yang mementingkan peningkatan kualiti hidup penduduk dan membasmi kemiskinan menerusi program dan usaha ke arah mencapai matlamat…

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"Kehidupan Orang Asli tidak dapat dipisahkan daripada alam semula jadi. Hubungan erat yang terjalin sejak beratus tahun lalu membolehkan Orang Asli terus hidup dalam keadaan yang harmoni dan menghormati alam sekitar. Cara hidup yang dibentuk menerusi…

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"Orang Senoi ialah kumpulan Orang Asli yang terbesar, yang merangkumi 54 peratus jumlah penduduk Orang Asli Semenanjung Tanah Melayu (JHEOA, 2003; Nicholas, 2000). Mereka dipercayai berasal daripada keturunan bangsa Monggol, yang berasal dari utara…

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"Sejarah Orang Asli di Perak boleh dijelaskan berdasarkan beberapa tempoh masa tertentu, yang meliputi zaman awal atau prasejarah, zaman kerajaan awal (protosejarah) dan Kesultanan Melayu Perak, penjajahan British dan Jepun, era pergerakan komunis,…

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"Berdasarkan temu bual dengan Guru Besar Sekolah Kebagsaan Pos Kuala Mu, Hj. Ahmad bin Mohd. Saad (51 tahun) yang bertugas lebih 10 tahun di situ, sesungguhnya minat belajar di kalangan anak Orang Asli masih berada pada tahap yang kurang memuaskan,…

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"Dari segi budaya hidup, komuniti Orang Asli di kawasan kajian masih mepertahankan kepercayaan terhadap semangat yang berkaitan rapat dengan unsur alam semula jadi dan kuasa ghaib. Kepercayaan ini ialah warisan yang diterima dan diamalkan secara…

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"Berdasarkan input daripada hasil analisis, kajian literatur, dan perbincangan dengan penduduk tempatan, penulis mencadangkan satu bentuk kerangka strategi pembangunan yang menitikberatkan penerapan unsur serta amalan semasa yang mapan terhadapt…

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"Kajian mendapati bahawa aspek kemampanan yang dinyatakan pada set penunjuk sebenarnya sudahpun diamalkan oleh komuniti Orang Asli di kawasan kajian sejak dahulu lagi. Walau bagaimanapun, terdapat amalan semasa yang mapan dan ada yang tidak mapan,…

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"Carey (1976) mentakrif 'asli' adalah daripada perkataan Arab iaitu Asali atau Original. Semasa pemerintahan British Orang Asli di panggil Sakai, manakala orang Inggeris memanggil masyarakat Orang Asli sebagai aborigines. Menurut Jasman Ahmad dan…

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"Sungai yang menjadi nadi kehidupan kepada masyarakat Orang Asli di kawasan ini juga turut tercemar terutamanya dari Sungai telum ke Kuala Medang. Pencemaran ini berpunca dari pembangunan dan kegiatan pertanian di bahagian atas Cameron Highlands yang…

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"Sepanjang laluan antara Robinson Fall sehingga Kuala Medang, tidak terdapat penempatan orang Cina kerana kawasan tersebut adalah kawasan pedalaman yang didiami oleh Orang Asli. Namun begitu, kadangkala orang Cina akan masuk ke kawasan tersebut atas…

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"Kebanyakan Orang Asli di sini bekerja dengan jabatan kerajaan seperti Jabatan Kerja Raya; Jabatan Bomba dan beberapa jabatan lain. Selain itu, mereka juga bekerja dalam industri pelancongan dan sesetengahnya pula mula mengambil peluang untuk membuka…

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"Mengikut adat lama, ada di antara mereka telah ditentukan jodohnya sejak dari kecil melalui ikatan pertunangan. Bagi pertunangan yang dilakukan semasa kecil lagi, biasanya berlaku di kalangan keluarga dan saudara mara yang rapat. Terdapat juga…

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"Sebahagian besar penduduk di perkampungan Orang Asli di sepanjang laluan balak dan denai bermula dari Kuala Boh sehingga ke Kuala Medang menjalankan aktiviti memancing dan pemburuan. Mereka memancing di sungai-sungai berhampiran seperti di Sungai…

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"Masyarakat Orang Asli sangat mengharapkan kemudahan infrastruktur sampai ke kampung mereka. Mereka mahu pihak kerajaan menyediakan prasarana-prasarana seperti jalan raya, kemudahan telefon dan sebagainya yang dapat memperbaiki kehidupan mereka.…

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"Hanya penduduk Kampung Lanai sahaja yang menganuti agama Kristian di sepanjang laluan Jerry '02. Mereka telah dikristiankan tiga tahun lalu oleh seorang mubaligh Kristian. Mereka menyertai kristian secara beramai-ramai. Sebelum menganuti agama…

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"Setiap sekolah di perkampungan Orang Asli dibekalkan dengan guru-guru terlatih daripada KPM. Setakat ini, atas faktor keselamatan dan kesesuaian, hanya guru-guru lelaki sahaja yang dihantar dan mereka merupakan lepasan maktab pergurusan. Guru-guru…

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"Pengenalan kepada teknologi di kalangan masyarakat Orang Asli pada masa kini telah membawa perubahan dan kemajuan besar dalam pembentukan satu komuniti yang maju setanding dengan masyarakat lain di Malaysia. Antara elemen penting dalam pemodenan…

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"The people who have lost the most from development in Peninsular Malaysia, however, are Orang Asli, the "original people" or "aborigines." Orang Asli have not only been left behing in the rising prosperity of the nation, their economic condition has…

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"Orang Asli contact with Chinese is largely economic. They sometimes sell products to Chinese middlemen, work in Chinese enterprises like tea estates, and buy things from Chinese shops. The only credit available to most Orang Asli is that which…

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"To maintain good relations with the superhumans, Batek communicated with them regularly through singing sessions in which shamans might go into trance and send their shadow-souls to visit the superhumans. At the beginning and end of fruit seasons,…

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"About 40 percent of Orang Asli today are rural peasants, not deep forest dwellers. That percentage will increase as logging, "development," and forced "regroupment" advance into the interior. These people have economies partially devoted to…

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"Like other southern Orang Asli, Temuan have an ellaborate village political hierarchy, with seven ranked leadership positions: batin, pemangku, jekara, jenang, penghulu balai, menteri, and panglima. The batin ("headman"), a male elder, has the most…

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