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The Malay term orang laut literally means 'sea peoples'. The Orang Laut live and travel in their boats on the sea. [1] They made their living from fishing and collecting sea products. [2] Another Malay term for them, Orang Selat (literally 'Straits people'), was brought into European languages as Celates.
In Malaysian folklore, the Orang Mawas or Mawas (also known as the Orang Dalam) is an entity reported to inhabit the jungle of Johor in Malaysia. Description
The word Ourang (also written Orang) is Malay or Indonesian for "man" or "person", [6] whereas Medan is the largest city on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, giving an approximate translation of "Man of Medan". Accounts of the ship's accident have appeared in various books and magazines, mainly on Forteana. Their factual accuracy and even the ...
Geographical location of Orang Seletar (located in Johor) and other Orang Asli communities in Peninsular Malaysia.. For a long time, the Seletar people have been practicing a nomadic way of life within the mangrove forests and marshes along the Tebrau Reach, as well as at the mouths of rivers that flows into it.
The Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) is a species of orangutan endemic to the island of Borneo.Together with the Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) and Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis), it belongs to the only genus of great apes native to Asia.
In Malay ghost beliefs, the Orang Minyak ("oily man" in Malay) [1] is a supernatural creature coated with shiny black grease who abducts young women by night. The legend of the figure is first mentioned in a report from the Singaporean newspaper Berita Harian dated 12 October 1957.
Wayang wong (Javanese: ꦮꦪꦁ ꦮꦺꦴꦁ), also known as wayang orang (literally "human wayang"), is a type of classical Javanese and Balinese dance theatrical performance with themes taken from episodes of the Ramayāna or Mahabharāta. Performances are stylised, reflecting Javanese court culture:
The Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre main gateway. Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre is located about 25 kilometres west of Sandakan in the state of Sabah, Malaysia.