The whole of the Hikayat Awang Sulong Merah Muda is about Orang Asli, or...

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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 Ledang on one side and Mengkalih (Johor\0 on the other. There was already a community there when Awang Sulong's parents arrived, and the people of that community must have been Orang Asli, as there were five batin as chiefs. It is not only the word batin, but also the names used by these people that indicate that they were Orang Asli. As we go further into the narrative, we get the idea that there were two different Orang Asli tribes - one with brown skin where the protagonist, Awang Sulong Merah Muda, belonged to; the other of black skin. The aspect of this narrative that is important to our study is the migration of Orang Asli from the east coast of the peninsula to the west coast, as this coincides with the story told by the Jakun of Alor Gajah to Abdullah Munshi. As Awang Sulong is believed to be a Muslim, an inference can be made that his tribe of Orang Asli must have been absorbed into the Malay race."

Creator

Asmah Haji Omar

Samsur Rijal Yahya

Noor Hasnoor Mohamad Nor

Source

Asmah Haji Omar, Samsur Rijal Yahya & Noor Hasnoor Mohamad Nor. (2018). The Orang Asli of Malaysia a linguistic perspective. Kuala Lumpur. University of Malaya Press. p.153.

GN635 Asmho

Date

2018

Contributor

amirul

Type

Book

Dublin Core