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Jakun people, the Glossary

Jakun people or Orang Ulu/Orang Hulu (meaning "people of the upstream") are an ethnic group recognised as Orang Asli (indigenous people) of the Malay Peninsula in Malaysia.^[1]

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Orang Asli

Agarwood

Agarwood, aloeswood, eaglewood, gharuwood or the Wood of Gods, most commonly referred to as oud or oudh (from translit), is a fragrant, dark and resinous wood used in incense, perfume, and small hand carvings.

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Areca catechu

Areca catechu is a species of palm native to the Philippines cultivated for areca nuts.

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Asyik FM

Asyik FM, formerly known as Radio 7 Aslian language service, is an Orang Asli radio station operated by Malaysian state broadcaster Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM). Jakun people and Asyik FM are Orang Asli.

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Barter

In trade, barter (derived from baretor) is a system of exchange in which participants in a transaction directly exchange goods or services for other goods or services without using a medium of exchange, such as money.

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Bekok

Bekok is a mukim in Segamat District, Johor, Malaysia.

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Benzoin (resin)

Benzoin or benjamin (corrupted pronunciation) is a balsamic resin obtained from the bark of several species of trees in the genus Styrax.

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Blowgun

A blowgun (also called a blowpipe or blow tube) is a simple ranged weapon consisting of a long narrow tube for shooting light projectiles such as darts.

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Chevrotain

Chevrotains, or mouse-deer, are diminutive, even-toed ungulates that make up the family Tragulidae, and are the only living members of the infraorder Tragulina.

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Chinese folk religion

Chinese folk religion, also known as Chinese popular religion, comprehends a range of traditional religious practices of Han Chinese, including the Chinese diaspora.

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Chini Lake

Chini Lake (Tasik Chini) is a lake in Pekan District, Pahang, Malaysia.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Dammar gum

Dammar, also called dammar gum, or damar gum, is a resin obtained from the tree family Dipterocarpaceae in India and Southeast Asia, principally those of the genera Shorea or Hopea (synonym Balanocarpus).

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Endau

Endau is a small town in Mersing District, Johor, Malaysia.

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Endau River

The Endau River (Sungai Endau) is a river that flows through the Malaysian state of Johor and empties into the South China Sea.

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Endau-Rompin National Park

Endau-Rompin National Park (Malay: Taman Negara Endau-Rompin) is a protected tropical rainforest situated within a massif in the southern foothills of the Tenasserim Hills, straddling Segamat and Mersing Districts in northeastern Johor and Rompin District in southern Pahang.

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Environmental degradation

Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as quality of air, water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems; habitat destruction; the extinction of wildlife; and pollution.

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Ethnic religion

In religious studies, an ethnic religion is a religion or belief associated with notions of heredity and a particular ethnic group.

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Forest product

A forest product is any material derived from forestry for direct consumption or commercial use, such as lumber, paper, or fodder for livestock.

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Gambier or gambir is an extract derived from the leaves of Uncaria gambir, a climbing shrub native to tropical Southeast Asia.

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Greater mouse-deer

The greater mouse-deer, greater Malay chevrotain, or napu (Tragulus napu) is a species of even-toed ungulate in the family Tragulidae found in Sumatra, Borneo, and smaller Malaysian and Indonesian islands, and in southern Myanmar, southern Thailand, and peninsular Malaysia.

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Hunter-gatherer

A hunter-gatherer or forager is a human living in a community, or according to an ancestrally derived lifestyle, in which most or all food is obtained by foraging, that is, by gathering food from local naturally occurring sources, especially wild edible plants but also insects, fungi, honey, bird eggs, or anything safe to eat, and/or by hunting game (pursuing and/or trapping and killing wild animals, including catching fish).

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Indigenous peoples

There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territory, and an experience of subjugation and discrimination under a dominant cultural model.

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Interracial marriage

Interracial marriage is a marriage involving spouses who belong to different races or racialized ethnicities.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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Jakun language

Jakun is an Austronesian language, perhaps a dialect of Malay, spoken in Malaysia.

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Johor

Johor (also spelled Johore or historically, Jahore) is a state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula.

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Khmer Empire

The Khmer Empire was a Hindu-Buddhist empire in Southeast Asia, centered around hydraulic cities in what is now northern Cambodia.

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Kota Tinggi

Kota Tinggi is a town and capital of Kota Tinggi District, Johor, Malaysia.

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Kota Tinggi District

Kota Tinggi District is a district in the Malaysian state of Johor.

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Kuantan

Kuantan (Pahang Malay: Kontaeng; Terengganu Malay: Kuatang/Kuantang; Jawi: كوانتن) is a city and the state capital of Pahang, Malaysia.

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Malay language

Malay (Bahasa Melayu, Jawi: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that is also spoken in East Timor and parts of Thailand.

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Malay Peninsula

The Malay Peninsula is located in Mainland Southeast Asia.

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Malayic languages

The Malayic languages are a branch of the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian language family.

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Malayo-Polynesian languages

The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 385.5 million speakers.

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Malays (ethnic group)

Malays (Orang Melayu, Jawi) are an Austronesian ethnoreligious group native to eastern Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and coastal Borneo, as well as the smaller islands that lie between these locations.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.

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Malaysian Chinese

Malaysian Chinese, Chinese Malaysians, or Sino-Malaysians are Malaysian citizens of Han Chinese ethnicity.

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Malaysian Malays

Malaysian Malays (Orang Melayu Malaysia, Jawi: ملايو مليسيا) are Malaysians of Malay ethnicity whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in the Malay world. Jakun people and Malaysian Malays are ethnic groups in Malaysia.

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Mersing

Mersing (Terengganu Malay: Merecing or Ngesing) is a town, mukim and the capital of Mersing District, Johor, Malaysia.

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Mongoloid

Mongoloid is an obsolete racial grouping of various peoples indigenous to large parts of Asia, the Americas, and some regions in Europe and Oceania.

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Muntjac

Muntjacs, also known as the barking deer or rib-faced deer, (URL is Google Books) are small deer of the genus Muntiacus native to South Asia and Southeast Asia.

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Negeri Sembilan

Negeri Sembilan (Negeri Sembilan Malay: Nogori Sombilan, Nismilan), historically spelled as Negri Sembilan, is a state in Malaysia which lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

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Negrito

The term Negrito refers to several diverse ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of Southeast Asia and the Andaman Islands. Jakun people and Negrito are ethnic groups in Malaysia and indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia.

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Nypa fruticans

Nypa fruticans, commonly known as the nipa palm (or simply nipa, from nipah) or mangrove palm, is a species of palm native to the coastlines and estuarine habitats of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

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Orang Asal

The Orang Asal are the indigenous peoples of Malaysia. Jakun people and Orang Asal are ethnic groups in Malaysia.

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Orang Asli

Orang Asli (lit. "native people", "original people", or "aboriginal people" in Malay) are a heterogeneous indigenous population forming a national minority in Malaysia. Jakun people and Orang Asli are ethnic groups in Malaysia and indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia.

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Orang Kanaq

Orang Kanaq are one of the 18 Orang Asli ethnic groups in Malaysia. Jakun people and Orang Kanaq are ethnic groups in Malaysia, indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia and Orang Asli.

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Orang Kuala

The Duano' people, also called Desin Dolak or Desin Duano' are an indigenous people of Malaysia and Indonesia (where they are also referred to as Orang Kuala, meaning "People of the Estuary") and can be found in islands along the northeastern region of Sumatra, Indonesia where most Duano' people have traditionally lived. Jakun people and Orang Kuala are ethnic groups in Malaysia, indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia and Orang Asli.

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Orang Laut

The Orang Laut are several seafaring ethnic groups and tribes living around Singapore, Peninsular Malaysia and the Indonesian Riau Islands. Jakun people and Orang Laut are ethnic groups in Malaysia.

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Orang Seletar

Orang Seletar (also known as Selitar or Slitar) are one of the 18 Orang Asli ethnic groups in Malaysia. Jakun people and Orang Seletar are ethnic groups in Malaysia, indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia and Orang Asli.

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Pahang

Pahang (Jawi: ڤهڠ, Pahang Hulu Malay: Paha, Pahang Hilir Malay: Pahaeng, Ulu Tembeling Malay: Pahaq), officially Pahang Darul Makmur with the Arabic honorific Darul Makmur (Jawi: دار المعمور, "The Abode of Tranquility") is a sultanate and a federal state of Malaysia.

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Pandanus amaryllifolius

Pandanus amaryllifolius is a tropical plant in the Pandanus (screwpine) genus, which is commonly known as pandan. It has fragrant leaves which are used widely for flavouring in the cuisines of Southeast Asia.

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Pekan District

The Pekan District is a district in Pahang, Malaysia.

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Pick-up sticks

Pick-up sticks, pick-a-stick, jackstraws, jack straws, spillikins, spellicans, or fiddlesticks is a game of physical and mental skill in which a bundle of sticks, between 8 and 20 centimeters long, is dropped as a loose bunch onto a table top into a random pile.

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Proto-Malay

The term Proto-Malay, primeval Malays, proto-Hesperonesians, first-wave Hesperonesians or primeval Hesperonesians, which translates to Melayu Asli (aboriginal Malay) or Melayu Purba (ancient Malay) or Melayu Tua (old Malay), refers to Austronesian speakers who moved from mainland Asia, to the Malay Peninsula and Malay Archipelago in a long series of migrations between 2500 and 1500 BCE, before that of the Deutero-Malays about a thousand years later. Jakun people and proto-Malay are Orang Asli.

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Rompin District

The Rompin District is a district located in the southeastern corner of Pahang, Malaysia.

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Sakai people (Indonesia)

Sakai is a tribal community in Indonesia, traditionally living in the interior of Riau, Sumatra.

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Sarawak

Sarawak is a state of Malaysia.

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Segamat District

The Segamat District (Daerah Segamat) or simply Segamat is a district in the Malaysian state of Johor.

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Selangor

Selangor, also known by the Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 states of Malaysia.

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Semai people

The Semai (also known as Mai Semai or Sengoi Hik) are a semi-sedentary ethnic group living in the center of the Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia, known especially for their nonviolence. Jakun people and Semai people are ethnic groups in Malaysia, indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia and Orang Asli.

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Semang

The Semang are an ethnic-minority group of the Malay Peninsula. Jakun people and Semang are ethnic groups in Malaysia, indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia and Orang Asli.

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Senoi

The Senoi (also spelled Sengoi and Sng'oi) are a group of Malaysian peoples classified among the Orang Asli, the indigenous peoples of Peninsular Malaysia. Jakun people and Senoi are ethnic groups in Malaysia, indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia and Orang Asli.

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Shifting cultivation

Shifting cultivation is an agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned while post-disturbance fallow vegetation is allowed to freely grow while the cultivator moves on to another plot.

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Slash-and-burn

Slash-and-burn agriculture is a farming method that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest or woodland to create a field called a swidden.

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Temoq people

Temoq people belong to the Proto-Malay of the Orang Asli ethnic group that are found in Pahang, Malaysia. Jakun people and Temoq people are ethnic groups in Malaysia, indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia and Orang Asli.

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Temuan people

The Temuan people (Temuan: Uwang/Eang Temuan, Malaysian: Orang Temuan) are a Proto-Malay ethnic group indigenous to western parts of Peninsular Malaysia. Jakun people and Temuan people are ethnic groups in Malaysia, indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia and Orang Asli.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakun_people

Also known as Jakuns.

, Pahang, Pandanus amaryllifolius, Pekan District, Pick-up sticks, Proto-Malay, Rompin District, Sakai people (Indonesia), Sarawak, Segamat District, Selangor, Semai people, Semang, Senoi, Shifting cultivation, Slash-and-burn, Temoq people, Temuan people, Traditional knowledge, World War II, Yunnan.

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