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Simply beautiful I decided to join Jan on a trip to an Orang Asal (a.k.a Orang Asli) Semai village in Pos Betau in Pahang. Jan obviously was in search of another elusive waterfall in Malaysia while I was more than happy to be part of the recee trip. This will be my first real visit [...] Our Orang Asal guide proudly showing off his Keruing torch It was an amazing experience watching an Orang Asal makes a jungle torch using the resin of a Keruing tree. The Semelais may have relied on this jungle torch for hundreds of years to ensure their safety and comfort during the nights of the rainforest [...] Part of the Keruing extraction process Traditional extraction of the resin from the Keruing tree is a rare sight there days. Keruing (Dipterocarpus kerrii) is an important tree to many cultures because of its many uses resin. The Keruing name is used by the Semelais of Peninsula Malaysia. It is known as Eng in Burma, [...] Jungle cooking in Malaysia during a fishing trip with an Orang Asli guide. The fish we just caught ended up as lunch. Our guide handled the whole process so efficiently. It was a really good experience. [...]
Cooking food using natural wood Coming together on big occasions and helping each other out seems to be a norm in most small, tightly knit communities. Such is the case of one particular Orang Asli in the Bera region in the state of Pahang.
I was fortunate to be part [...] This is a fire piston I got in Malaysia from a Orang Asal maker in Pahang. Best part is that it [...] An old, probably ancient past time game played by the kids of the Semelai of [...] Having had some makan at the Slim River morning wet market, I hopped into my Vitara and started driving to the rendezvous point to meet up with the rest of the group. My next destination is Ulu Slim, roughly 16km away from Slim River town. The name ‘Ulu’ has always been associated with something ‘remote’. [...] I had the opportunity to witness and experience first hand some of the traditional ways of the Semelai people during one of my recent rainforest adventures. I have always been intrigued by how aborigines (Orang Asal) co-exist with the natural world around me. In fact, one of my dream is to spend weeks [...] |
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