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Malaysia Inspired by Rotorua, Zahid says Maori village’s success a model for Orang Asli tourism hub in Melaka Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi visited Onuku Farm, a sheep and ...
KUCHING (June 20): The traditional Orang Ulu ritual Upacara Mamat will be a key ceremonial highlight ahead of the Gawai Dayak 2025 Parade tomorrow here. State-level Gawai Dayak Celebration Main ...
Orang Asli is a collective term (which means original or first peoples in Malay) for some 18 ethnic groups of less than 150,000 in total who are widely regarded as comprising peninsular Malaysia’s ...
Beacons of hope for Orang Asli kids For the kids: Teachers brave wild animals, landslides and vehicle breakdowns to get to their students. It’s all worth it, they say.
TAIPING, Oct 29 — The Taiping High Court has ruled in favour of the Orang Asli Temiar tribe from Kampung Tasik Asal Cunex, recognising their customary community rights to land in Gerik based on their ...
Orang Ikan, starring Dean Fujioka and Callum Woodhouse, is a WW2-set monster film. It will world premiere at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
Orang Asli who are permanent resident (PR) card holders can apply for citizenship if they are not nationals elsewhere, Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said.
Orang minyak, which translates to oily man, are often described as towering men covered in black oil or grease. It is widely believed that all orang minyak are demonically transformed males, typically ...
A cryptid from Indonesian folklore, the orang pedek is said to be a bipedal, apelike creature between 3 to 5 feet tall that stalks the forests of Sumatra.
However, in Malaysia, where indigenous forest-dependent communities, known as the Orang Asli, are not yet involved in forest management, their significance needs to be empirically recorded. This study ...
A female elephant named Alka at the Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park here, about 150 km from Guwahati, scripted history by giving birth to twin calves, a rare occurrence, on Wednesday.
Virtually all Orang Asli households in Peninsular Malaysia are in the income bracket of the poorest 40% of Malaysians, says the nongovernmental organisation (NGO) Center for Orang Asli Concerns.