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Field Research & Visual Gathering 3

Continuation of visuals from Belum trip. Shot with Ilford HP5 Plus.

SK Sungai Raba, Air Banun, Gerik.

Temiar settlement, Pos Chiong, Gerik.

SK Sungai Raba, Air Banun, Gerik.

Temiar settlement, Pos Chiong, Gerik.

Temiar settlement, Pos Chiong, Gerik.

Field Research & Visual Gathering 2

Visit to Orang Asli Museum, Gombak. All the images here are credited to them and taken with permission.

The visuals:- (Birth, Wedding, Death)

Scented roots for bath.

Bamboo knife is used to cut the umbilical cord.

The midwife assisting the mother.

Model of the birth place.

Coconut shell with burnt charcoal and ashes.

Bamboo knife.

Heated Batu Tungku functions like a hot compress and placed on the belly after giving birth.

Model of a grave.

Model of the graves.

Model of a grave.

Model of the wedding customs.

Details of the wedding customs.

The visuals 2:- (Some basic info on Orang Asli)










The visuals 3:- (Design precedent studies based on their patterns decoration)

Project Research: Field Research & Visual Gathering

Class trip to Belum Forest, 23rd-25th July 2010.
Day 1- Trekking to Menara Tinjau at Pulau Tali Kail

The visuals:- (courtesy of Atiyyah Natasya's Nikon D90 + 50mm 1.8 + Raynox DCR-150 Macro Converter)

Day 2, morning- visit to Jahai settlement in Air Banun, Gerik.

The visuals:- (Shot with Fujifilm Superia X-tra 400)

Late morning-afternoon, Kampung Sungai Raba, Air Banun, Gerik. (Regroupment Scheme aka Rancangan Penempatan Semula)

The visuals:- (courtesy of Atiyyah Natasya's Nikon D90 + 18-135mm)

Orang Asli kids with free food during the school event.

Peeling off the skin to make a ring.

The result.

The Orang Asli man that made the ring in minutes.

Late afternoon, Temiar settlement, Pos Chiong, Gerik.

The visuals:- (courtesy of Atiyyah Natasya's Nikon D90 + 18-135mm)

Most of the houses here are made of boards of wood and zinc rooftops.

A hut built next to their vegetable farm.

Most of the settlements now have solar power, water tanks and even cable television.

I asked a few questions regarding the birth, marriage and death in their community, most of them are not very open (or maybe uncomfortable) to talk about it in detail. All that was said was that since most of them have converted to Muslims (The government told them that by converting, they will get some benefits from the Bumiputra status), they practice a few of the Muslims ways as well, though not all. For the births, they normally go to the nearest hospital(in this case, the one in Gerik town), no particular celebrations were made to celebrate the arrival of the newborns. Marriages was pretty easy as well, if they like each other, they just have to meet each other's parents and ask for consent, and if all goes well, they start living together and build a new family. One can marry a fellow from a different tribe, and decide which settlement they would like to stay in. As for deaths, the dead are buried away from the village, and sometimes the family of the dead organizes tahlil.