Format:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
eHRAF World Cultures
Content:
This collection of six documents about the Semang covers four time periods: mid-1920s to late 1930s, mid-1950s, early 1970s, and 1993-1996. It documents the Semang's engagement with state and market forces over the degradation of the forests from which they take their identity and modes of life. At least nine distinct cultural-linguistic subgroups still exist: Kensiu of eastern Kedah (near Baling) and southern Thailand (Yala Province); Kintak of northwestern Perak (near Gerik); Jahai of northestern Perak and northwestern Kelantan; Lanòh of northwestern Perak (near Gerik); Mendriq of central Kelantan; Batèk D̀̀̀̀̀è' of southeastern Kelantan and northern Pahang; Batèk Nòng of central Pahang (near Jerantut); Mintil of north-central Pahang (near Cegar Perah); and Mos (or Chong) of the Pattalung-Trang area in southern peninsular Thailand. Semang live in temporary camps scattered in the forests of Malaysia, Indonesia and Southern Thailand
Note:
Culture summary: Semang - Kirk Endicott and Teferi Abate Adem (synopsis and indexing notes) - 2009 -- - The Negritos of Asia; vol. 2, ethnography of the Negritos: half-vol. 1, economy and sociology - Paul Schebesta - 1954 -- - The Negritos of Asia; vol. 2, ethnography of the Negritos: half-vol. 1, religion and mythology - Paul Schebesta - 1957 -- - A Lanoh Negrito funeral near Lenggong, Perak - P. D. R. Williams-Hunt - 1954 -- - Batek Negrito religion: the world-view and rituals of a hunting and gathering people of Peninsular Malaysia - Kirk Endicott - 1979 -- - Changing pathways: forest degradation and the Batek of Pahang, Malaysia - Lye Tuck-Po - 2004
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
Keywords:
Semang
