Temiar people
{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Temiar people
Orang Temiar / Mai Sero'
| image = 300px
| caption =
| population = 40,000–120,000{{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}} (Perak, Pahang, Kelantan)
| langs = Temiar language, Malay language
| rels = Traditional Religion, Islam, Christianity
| related = Semai people
}}
File:Temiar Headress (34710911986).jpg
The Temiar are a Senoic group indigenous to the Malay Peninsula and one of the largest of the eighteen Orang Asli groups of Malaysia. They reside mainly in Perak, Pahang and Kelantan. Their total population is estimated at around 40,000 to 120,000, most of which live on the fringes of the rainforest, while a small number have been urbanised.{{cn|date=December 2024}}
Temiar are traditionally animists.{{Cite web
| author = Andy Hickson
| title = The Temiars
| url = http://www.temiar.com/temiar.html
| work = Temiar Web
| access-date = 4 September 2011}} The ceremonial Sewang dance is performed by the Temiar people as part of their folk beliefs.{{cite web|url=http://www.themalaymailonline.com/features/article/khabar-dan-angin-three-artists-explore-faith-in-kelantan#B8OBjEyssMrM1S7r.97 |title='Khabar dan Angin': Three artists explore faith in Kelantan |author=Kenny Mah |publisher=The Malay Mail Online |date=3 March 2016 |access-date=2017-10-10}}
Population
The changes in the population of the Temiar people are as the following:
| class="wikitable" |
| Year |
|---|
| Population
| 2,000 | 8,945 | 9,325 | 9,929 | 10,586 | 12,365 | 16,892 | 15,122 | 15,122 | 17,706 | 25,725 | 25,590 | 30,118 |
Culture
=Traditional food=
- Nasi serempad, rice cooked in bamboo{{cite web|url=https://www.star2.com/food/food-news/2015/05/14/from-forest-to-plate/2/ |title=From forest to plate: An introduction to Orang Asli cuisine |author=Julie Wong |work=The Star |date=14 May 2015 |access-date=2018-01-18}}
- Umbut Bayas Masak Gulai, pith curry
- Pucuk Paku Peno’ol, vegetable pucuk paku fern, tapioca leaves and anchovies cooked in bamboo
Settlement area
Major settlements of the Temiar are:
- Jeram Bertam, Kelantan{{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=2001|publisher=Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University|isbn=49-016-6800-5|page=60}}
- Kampung Chengkelik, Kuala Betis, Kelantan{{cite book|author=Sabihah Ibrahim|contribution=Universiti Malaya. Jabatan Antropologi dan Sosiologi|title=Hubungan etnik di kalangan Orang Asli: satu kajian etnografi terhadap orang Temiar di Kampung Chengkelik, RPS Kuala Betis, Kelantan|year=1989|publisher=Jabatan Antropologi dan Sosiologi, Fakulti Sastera dan Sains Sosial, Universiti Malaya}}
- Kampung Merlung, Kuala Betis, Kelantan{{cite book|author=Siew Eng Koh|contribution=Universiti Malaya. Jabatan Antropologi dan Sosiologi|title=Orang Asli dan masyarakat umum: satu kajian etnografi terhadap komuniti Temiar di Kampung Merlung, rancangan pengumpulan semula [RPS] Kuala Betis, Kelantan|year=1989|publisher=Jabatan Antropologi dan Sosiologi, Fakulti Sastera dan Sains Sosial, Universiti Malaya}}
- Kampung Jarau Baru, Kemar, Gerik, Perak
- Kampung Sungai Cadak, Ulu Kinta, Ipoh, Perak
- Kampung Tonggang, Tanjung Rambutan, Ipoh, Perak{{cite web|url=http://www.ipohecho.com.my/v3/photo/pdf/955_20140929144900_mjfdz.pdf |title=Tonggang: A Temiar Settlement |author=Angain Kumar |publisher=Ipoh Echo |date=1–15 October 2014 |access-date=2018-01-18}}
- Kampung Ulu Gerik, Gerik, Perak
- Pos Poi, Lasah, Sungai Siput (North), Perak{{cite book|editor=Earl of Cranbrook|title=Key Environments: Malaysia|year=2013|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-14-832-8598-6|page=286}}
- Kampung Temakah, Sungai Siput (North), Perak
- Pos Perwor, Lasah, Sungai Siput (North), Perak
- Air Banun, Hulu Perak District, Perak
- Kemar, Gerik, Perak
Notable people
- Zumika Azmi, Malaysian Cricketer
- Ramli Mohd Nor, Malaysian Politician
- Sasha Azmi, Malaysian Cricketer
See also
References
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Further reading
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- Benjamin, Geoffrey. 1966. "Temiar social groupings." Federation Museums Journal 11: 1–25. {{ISSN|0430-2435}}
- Benjamin, Geoffrey. 1967. "Temiar kinship." Federation Museums Journal 12: 1–25. {{ISSN|0430-2435}}
- Benjamin, Geoffrey. 1968. "Temiar personal names." Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 124: 99–134. {{ISSN|0006-2294}} (print), {{ISSN|2213-4379}} (online). {{JSTOR|27860916}}.
- Benjamin, Geoffrey. 1968. "Headmanship and leadership in Temiar society." Federation Museums Journal 13: 1–43. {{ISSN|0430-2435}}
- Benjamin, Geoffrey. 1993. "Temiar." In: Paul Hockings (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Volume 5: East and Southeast Asia, Boston: G. K. Hall / New York: Macmillan, pp. 265–273. {{ISBN|9780816118144}}
- Benjamin, Geoffrey. 2001. "Process and structure in Temiar social organisation." In: Razha Rashid & Wazir Jahan Karim (eds), Minority Cultures of Peninsular Malaysia: Survivals of Indigenous Heritage. Penang: Malaysian Academy of Social Sciences (AKASS), pp. 125–149. {{ISBN|9789839700770}}. {{doi|10.13140/RG.2.1.3115.9846}}.
- Benjamin, Geoffrey. 2014. Temiar Religion, 1964–2012: Enchantment, Disenchantment and Re-enchantment in Malaysia's Uplands. With a Foreword by James C. Scott. 68 figures. 470 pages. Singapore: NUS Press. {{ISBN|9789971697068}} (paper covers)
- Jennings, Sue. 1985. "Temiar dance and the maintenance of order." In Society and the Dance, ed. Paul Spencer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 47–63.
- Jenning, Sue. 1995. Theatre, Ritual and Transformation: The Senoi Temiars. London: Routledge.
- Roseman, Marina. 1991. Healing Sounds from the Malaysian Rainforest: Temiar Music and Medicine. Berkeley: University of California Press.
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