Arts and Culture, Malaysia

Orang Asli Community.

Orang Asli community is a small community in Malaysia and is a resident of this state pri earth. Indigenous people are the people who have some of the differing ethnic-Beza. The indigenous communities are rasminya dibahagi to three of the largest collection namely Negrito, Senoi, and Malays Original. Senoi and Negrito tribes are classified to six small tribes. The original Malay solved to seven small tribes.


Because of the different tribes among the indigenous peoples, there are many differences in the way of life and speech language used. Culture and customs also vary and have their own uniqueness. Will demonstrate the following customs customs practiced among indigenous peoples as a whole.

   Rungus communities in Sabah. 

Rungus community is one of the ethnic majority living in Kudat and Pitas merangkumi Marudu City. Rungus community was originally a community of farmers who grow rice, maize, cassava and all sorts of various kinds of vegetables in addition to menternak animals such as chickens, cows and others. They are famous for working with the results of the hand or kraftangan principally in producing goods that done than copper, Ceramic, gongs and beads. For example pinakol. Pinakol an array of fine beads mamanik diselimpangkan the wearer's chest. He has a style or motif of human, flowers and animals such as traditional cicak.Pakaian Rungus people have various colors that can add the series pemakai.Bagi the Rungus, Banat which is a strict dress from her shoulders to paras paras waist and sewn with cloth of four and placed the debt plus side. In the middle portion of the parts of the fabric was made to facilitate the head portion into the Banat.

   Woven Straw Mat.

Pandan leaves or old enough pine cut from the trunk of a tree by one. Then the base is flattened and the ends cut equally. Next, the leaves dilayur over the coals until wilted and spine and spines removed with an instrument called a term. How woven mat has a variety of designs and motifs. Among them is known as kelarai. All types kelarai is characterized by the natural environment such as plants, flowers, fauna and so on. Elements of plants such as roots, bamboo shoots and calyx (heart banana, mangosteen, betel nut) is often used. Of the elements of interest, it uses a floral motif cape, and jasmine flowers durian. Elements of the fauna is no motive in the form of small fish, elephant heads, bone fish and netting. Finally, the free form as kelarai rhombus motif, kelarai kelarai broken rice and sweet honey. Mengkuang a wide mat wicker blades (bangkar mat) is usually treated for drying rice, kitchen or laundry floor pillow, back in the hut melapik and so on. A woven mat for such uses are not dyed color, compared with a dikhaskan mat for guests. Guests were spread mats are not even figured Sahaja delicate wicker interesting and colorful. Usually, straw mat / woven pandan colorful will be placed in the bedroom because it reveals the beauty of the room.