Semelai people

{{Infobox ethnic group|

|group = Semelai people

|image = 300px

|image_caption = Semelai people receiving visitors at Tasik Bera, Pahang.

|pop = 9,228 (2010) with Temoq people included in the census{{cite book|author=Kirk Endicott|title=Malaysia's Original People: Past, Present and Future of the Orang Asli|year=2015|publisher=NUS Press|isbn=978-99-716-9861-4}}

|popplace = {{flag|Malaysia}}:

|region1 = Negeri Sembilan & Pahang

|pop1 = 5,026 (2000)

|ref1 = {{cite web|publisher=Center for Orang Asli Concerns|title=Orang Asli Population Statistics|url=http://www.coac.org.my/codenavia/portals/coacv2/code/main/main_art.php?parentID=11374494101180&artID=11432750280711|access-date=2017-04-11|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209191755/http://www.coac.org.my/codenavia/portals/coacv2/code/main/main_art.php?parentID=11374494101180&artID=11432750280711|archive-date=2012-02-09}}

|region2 =

|pop2 =

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|rels = Animism (predominantly), Christianity, Islam

|langs = Semelai language, Malay language

|related = Temuan people,{{cite book|title=Human Heredity|year=1978|contribution=S. Karger|publisher=Karger|page=62}} Semaq Beri people, Mah Meri people, Temoq people

}}

Semelai people are an Orang Asli people of the Proto-Malay people group found in Negeri Sembilan and Pahang states of Malaysia.{{cite book|author=Katia Iankova, Azizul Hassan & Rachel L'Abbe|title=Indigenous People and Economic Development: An International Perspective|year=2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-13-171-1731-5}}

Settlement area

They are divided into two major groups, namely:

The Semelai people in Kampung Sungai Sampo and Kampung Sungai Lui, Jempol District, Negeri Sembilan{{cite book|author=Kyōto Daigaku. Tōnan Ajia Kenkyū Sentā|editor=Tuck-Po Lye|title=Orang asli of Peninsular Malaysia: a comprehensive and annotated bibliography|year=2011|publisher=Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University|isbn=978-49-016-6800-2}}
The Semelai people in Pos Iskandar,{{cite book|author=Rosemary Gianno|title=Semelai Culture and Resin Technology|year=1990|publisher=Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences|isbn=18-785-0800-8}} Kampung Bukit Rok and Kampung Ibam,{{cite web|url=http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/334986 |title=Suku Orang Asli Semelai gagal peroleh kebenaran merayu |publisher=Malaysia Kini |date=23 March 2016 |access-date=2016-12-12}} Tasik Bera, Kampung Bukit Gemuroh{{cite web|url=http://www.hmetro.com.my/node/165715 |author=Mohd Husni Mohd Noor |title=6 pelajar Orang Asli ke UK |publisher=Harian Metro |date=11 September 2016 |access-date=2016-12-12}} and Bongkok, Teriang, Bera District, Pahang

Population

class="wikitable"
Year \| 1960{{cite web\|url=http://www.coac.org.my/dashboard/modules/cms/cms~file/93c38c2f6837049ec87607013c0c5404.pdf \|title=Living On The Periphery: Development and Islamization Among Orang Asli in Malaysia \|author=Nobuta Toshihiro \|publisher=Center for Orang Asli Concerns \|year=2009 \|access-date=2017-10-27}} \| 1965 \| 1969 \| 1974 \| 1980 \| 1991{{cite book\|url=https://www.iwgia.org/images/publications//0133_95_The_Orang_Asli_and_the_contest_for_resources.pdf \|title=The Orang Asli and the Contest for Resources. Indigenous Politics, Development and Identity in Peninsular Malaysia \|author=Colin Nicholas \|publisher=Center for Orang Asli Concerns & International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs \|year=2000 \|access-date=2017-10-27 \|isbn=87-90730-15-1 }} \| 1993 \| 1996 \| 2000{{cite web \|url= http://www.coac.org.my/main.php?section=about&article_id=4 \|title= Basic Data / Statistics \|publisher= Center for Orang Asli Concerns \|access-date= 2017-10-27 \|archive-date= 2020-10-29 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201029082307/https://www.coac.org.my/main.php?section=about&article_id=4 \|url-status= dead }} \| 2003 \| 2004{{cite book\|author=Alberto Gomes\|title=Modernity and Malaysia: Settling the Menraq Forest Nomads\|year=2004\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=11-341-0076-0}} \| 2010
Population \| 3,238 \| 1,391 \| 2,391 \| 2,874 \| 3,096 \| 4,775 \| 4,103 \| 4,103 \| 5,026 \| 6,418 \| 7,198 \| 9,228

class="wikitable"

Year

| 1960{{cite web|url=http://www.coac.org.my/dashboard/modules/cms/cms~file/93c38c2f6837049ec87607013c0c5404.pdf |title=Living On The Periphery: Development and Islamization Among Orang Asli in Malaysia |author=Nobuta Toshihiro |publisher=Center for Orang Asli Concerns |year=2009 |access-date=2017-10-27}}

| 1965

| 1969

| 1974

| 1980

| 1991{{cite book|url=https://www.iwgia.org/images/publications//0133_95_The_Orang_Asli_and_the_contest_for_resources.pdf |title=The Orang Asli and the Contest for Resources. Indigenous Politics, Development and Identity in Peninsular Malaysia |author=Colin Nicholas |publisher=Center for Orang Asli Concerns & International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs |year=2000 |access-date=2017-10-27 |isbn=87-90730-15-1 }}

| 1993

| 1996

| 2000{{cite web |url= http://www.coac.org.my/main.php?section=about&article_id=4 |title= Basic Data / Statistics |publisher= Center for Orang Asli Concerns |access-date= 2017-10-27 |archive-date= 2020-10-29 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201029082307/https://www.coac.org.my/main.php?section=about&article_id=4 |url-status= dead }}

| 2003

| 2004{{cite book|author=Alberto Gomes|title=Modernity and Malaysia: Settling the Menraq Forest Nomads|year=2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=11-341-0076-0}}

| 2010

Population

| 3,238

| 1,391

| 2,391

| 2,874

| 3,096

| 4,775

| 4,103

| 5,026

| 6,418

| 7,198

| 9,228

The 2010 census, the Temoq people were included in the Semelai population due to the small numbers of Temoq people.

Music

Semelai music has been passed down for generations with little modification to suit modern times. There are two musical instruments used; the Rebana and Gong (including both "male" and "female" Gongs).{{cite web|url=http://www.jkkn.gov.my/en/semelai-folk-music |title=Semelai Folk Music |publisher=National Department for Culture and Arts |access-date=2016-12-12}} This musical style is often performed in community halls or houses during feasts, weddings, circumcision ceremonies, gatherings and welcoming visitors for the purpose of entertainment.{{cite book|author=James Alexander|title=Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore|year=2006|publisher=New Holland Publishers|isbn=18-601-1309-5}} This music is performed with songs sung in Semelai language. There are also dances but it is only done with regulation and under certain requirements. The music of the Semelai is also used for healing purposes, such as singing in fertility ceremony.{{cite book|title=Hi-fi News & Record Review, Volume 26, Issues 2-6|year=1981|publisher=Link House Publications}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070110034222/http://www.wetlands.org/Malaysia/En/getfilefromdb.aspx?ID=5af31541-9f08-4357-b780-da6347c15644 JOURNEY INTO TASEK BERA WITH THE ORANG ASLI SEMELAI]

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070108135655/http://www.wetlands.org/Malaysia/En/getfilefromdb.aspx?ID=dbcbded8-344b-455f-a6b3-bc93aaabb8ed More support for indigenous Semelai at Tasek Bera Ramsar Site]

[http://www.wildasia.net/main.cfm?page=article&articleID=127 Knowledge, Culture and Beliefs of Tasek Bera's Semelai People. Tasek Bera, Malaysia's first Ramsar site, is important not just for its flora and fauna. It is also home to the Semelai, the indigenous Orang Asli people who inhabit the area around the lake. WETLANDS INTERNATIONAL reports on their unique culture and beliefs.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216032119/http://www.wildasia.net/main.cfm?page=article&articleID=127 |date=2007-12-16 }}

Category:Indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia

Category:Ethnic groups in Malaysia

Category:Orang Asli