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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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Javanese people migrated from central java Indonesia (1880-1930) to seek new life from Dutch colonization. They mainly reside in Perak, Selangor, Kedah, and Johor

There are some Javanese in Sabah. They mainly speak Javanese, but they are also fluent in Malay language especially the younger generation, however not many of them can speak in Javanese. Javanese also being considered as Malay.

Javanese community is a very culturally related, every single aspect of their lives is being shapes by their customs

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Gamelan is used widely in many occasions in Javanese community, gamelan is also used as the background music. The gamelan music started first when the Royal Palace of Pahang received a set of gamelan instrument from the Riau Lingga in 1811

from that point, the music games in gamelan started to change in Malaya and being change accordingly with the community. Gamelan consist few types of musical instrument such as Gong Kendang, Bonang, Peking, Saron and few more instrument

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-Bajau people are knowns as sea nomads or sea gypsies.
They lived by the sea in the houseboat, however there is some of them leaving the traditional way of life and live on the land.
They are second indigenous community resides in Sabah.
The precise origin of this community is unknown
Most of their traditional songs are passed orally from generation to another generation, the song also being sang during marriage celebration along with the dance.

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Iban People

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Peranakan are considered as mixed race or multiracial community
They are called Baba and Nyonya. Baba is for the males and Nyonya is for the females
There’s famous Peranakan community in Penang and Melaka.
Even They are the descendant of the Chinese immigrant, but they are not Chinese by heritage as many of their forefathers marrying local Malay women. That is why there is saying Peranakan, they are Chinese, but they are also not Chinese
Peranakan took their fathers names and religion (Chinese) but adapting lifestyles of their Malay mother like Malay customs and clothing
Peranakan community assimilated Malays culture in their life, as we could see visibly in their traditional clothing, the kebaya.

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Mah means people, Meri means jungle, altogether they are jungle people.
Mah Meri are an ethnic group of peninsular Malaysia.
They moved far away from the ocean side to avoid the pirates attack. Even they live far from the sea they still call themselves Mah Bersisik means sea people. Throughout this day, they are holding strong onto their culture
Mah Meri people does not really have religion as they only believe in spirit, they believe their ancestors spirits will protect them.
They are skilled in wood carving, the create a wood mask from it and it is being used in many rituals like ‘puja pantai’ event
They are also known with many types of ritual dance.

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Iban are the largest ethnic group in Sarawak. Iban people are known of their practice of headhunting and territorial migration in the past, but now Iban people are the best in in being hospitable and generous toward their guests.
Ibans are the master in their own style of tattooing and weaving.
Iban live in the long house, but many of them have leave the traditional ways of living and still maintaining the relationship with their ancestral long houses.
Many of them are Christian and there are significant number of them marrying with the Malay Muslim family. It is a normal to see traditional Iban and Islamic Iban families live together in the modernize long house.

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Mayin Jo'oh is a traditional dance that being performed to invite their ancestors to certain cultural ritual or event. In this dance, there will be 2 male dancers that are wearing the wood carved mask (Tok Pongkol and Tok Nani), each of the movement and gestures in the choreography bringing its own identity. Every movement symbolize an occurrence happened in their community and it is being shown in the dance. The women dancer will wear skirt and headpiece that being weave using mengkuang leaves

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Tarian Jo’oh by Kumpulan Rentak Seni Selangor - Festival Tari Malaysia 2017

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The shoe usually designed with beads by using any kind of motifs from a goldfish to even mosaic. there’s two version of the shoe, one is the bigger beads and another one using the smaller beads, however those who are used to wear this Beaded shoe go for the smaller beads which pricier because it is handmade, consumed more time and patience, each pair of the shoe could reach rm 900 ringgit.

These shoes symbolize status in the community back in the days, for a mother in law to choose a future daughter in law there is few specific skills that these Peranakan highly appreciated.

Girls should not only be good in housekeeping, they should also skilled in making this embroidered shoe. the average time in making this shoe is 3 months, there has thousands of beads in each pair of shoes,making it harder to make, that is why it is highly valuable and very pricey

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https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/travel/2015/02/23/march-an-eventfilled-month-for-malaysia
https://www.hmetro.com.my/nuansa/2018/07/363464/uniknya-suku-mah-meri
http://www.projektravel.com/2016/12/tarian-dan-budaya-orang-asli-mah-meri.html

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Tattoo for them is not just for the look, it is also a form of a protection against the evil spirit.

each of the design and placement refers to certain meaning. tattoo on the back of the head is to protect the wearer from being decapitate

Iban man first received his tattoo when he is reaching adulthood (berjalai),and it comes with the motifs called Bunga Terung, this motifs are specifically for the man, Bunga terung could also represent their daughter, each daughter is depicted as a pair of Bunga Terung

Borneo scorpion is another common design, usually tatted on the arms or thigh, signifies his journey

should be note that tattoos on the limb should be in in pair, only then it considered complete.

males are not the only those wearing tattoos, Iban women also wear tattoos, they usually wear Kala(scorpion) and Kemembai(centipede), supposedly to ward evil spirit away

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https://says.com/my/lifestyle/the-history-behind-sarawak-s-ancient-tribal-tattoos

https://www.therakyatpost.com/2019/12/06/the-fascinating-history-of-iban-tattoos/

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Bead by Bead - The Art of Crafting Peranakan Beaded Shoes

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Peranakan women in their full community attire

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1. https://www.adriancheah.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=106:nyonya-kasut-manek-timeless-objects-of-beauty&catid=21&Itemid=116

2. https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/jom/2018/01/328616/go-beads-love-nsttv

3. https://www.lonelyplanet.com/malaysia/background/other-features/people-and-culture/population/1ff5d041-412a-438e-b7cd-d94ad8ada758/a/nar/1ff5d041-412a-438e-b7cd-d94ad8ada758/356948

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Bajau people was famously known with their varieties of dances, one of it was Limbai. Limbai was performed during wedding ceremonies. it is to welcome the arrival of groom to the bride house. As soon as the party of the grooms and brides arrived, the ceremonies will be stopped temporarily and the limbai dance will be performed in front of the couple. it is one of the signs to invite the groom to continue with the wedding vows

this dance usually performed by 5 male and 5 female dancers. the dance also varieties of musical instrument to set the mood.

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1. https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarian_Limbai

2. https://www.academia.edu/19306982/Kerja_kursus_sejarah

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1. https://www.hmetro.com.my/nuansa/2019/04/440348/memartabatkan-gamelan

2. https://bambangpriantono.wordpress.com/2016/12/22/hello-there-meet-malaysian-javanese/