Page 63 - (SSF1033) INTRODUCTION TO MALAYSIAN SOCIAL HISTORY

The Origins of Orang Asli

literally known as

It is an ethnic label “Original

given by the colonial Peoples”, are the

government to descendants of the

differentiate them earliest known

from the dominant inhabitants of the

Malay, Chinese and Malay Peninsula,

Indian. arriving as early as

25,000 years ago.

Also known as:

Orang Hulu – people of the

headwaters

Orang Darat – people of the hinterland

Orang Laut – people who live by the

sea

Besisi – people with scales

Mantra – people who chanted

Orang Liar – wild people,

Pangan – eaters of raw food,

Orang Mawas – apelike people

Orang Jinak – tame or enslaved people