Tarutao National Marine Park, Satun Province, Thailand By : Dr. Supin Wongbusarakum The Urak Lawoi are indigenous people of the Adang Archipelago. Although they are often grouped together with the Moken and Moklen and collectively referred to as sea gypsies or sea nomads, these peoples in fact each have distinctively different ...
By O`ong Maryono Malay myths concur that pencak silat was originally developed by tribal groups in the archipelago through the observation of animal movements and other natural phenomena, in an effort to defend themselves from wild creatures and other environmental dangers. In the course of time, pencak silat eventually become ...
Author: Andaya, Barbara Watson The upland communities of Sumatra are unique in Southeast Asia in that they were the dominant societies in their region. In other Southeast Asian nations, lowland communities often lorded over their upland counterparts. The Sumatran regions with dominant upland communities were Aceh and Minangkabau. One ...
By Andriantefinanahary & YanariakAt the dawn of the third millennium, the world seems to look for a new direction. The development of globalization is threatening the very foundation of the old empires based upon nation-state centralism. Oppositely, new alliances based on more natural affinities, especially ethnic-based affinities ...
The Sejarah Melayu (Malay Annals) is clearly the most famous, distinctive and best classical Malay prose to be ever produced, sharing in the great literary tradition other Malay works such as the Hikayat Hang Tuah, Hikayat Raja-Raja Pasai and the Hikayat Marong Mahawangsa (Kedah Annals). It chronicles the establishment of the Malaccan ...
"Gasing" is a Malay word for top. Gasing or top spinning is a traditional game of the Malays. It was a popular pastime and recreation among children and adults alike who lived in kampongs. In Singapore, however, its popularity declined as more and more people moved to public flats. In an effort to revive and promote the games, gasing ...
As in dance, music in modern Malaysia is divided into traditional and western types. Traditional music is usually associated with the traditional theatre forms such as Mak Yong, Wayang Kulit, Joget Gamelan, Hadrah, Dabus, Kuda Kepang, Gendang Kling, Mek Mulung, and a host of other minor entertainment activities. This type of music is based ...
By : Mark J. Alves Mark Alves is a Ph.D. candidate in the linguistics department at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. Introduction A number of problematic claims about the syntax 1 (the order and relationships of words in sentences) of several Southeast Asian languages 2 will be explored in the following discussion. Current ...
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