The Mahmeri Scuplture Heritage In Malaysia: An Exploratory Study
The indigenous people in Malaysia comprises of three main ethnics groups whom are Semang-Negrito, Senoi and Proto-Melayu. The indigenous people are minority in Malaysia, while Mahmeri is one of the tribesmen of main ethnics group of Senoi. This tribesman could only be found in Selangor and they a...
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| description | The indigenous people in Malaysia comprises of three main ethnics groups whom are
Semang-Negrito, Senoi and Proto-Melayu. The indigenous people are minority in Malaysia, while Mahmeri
is one of the tribesmen of main ethnics group of Senoi. This tribesman could only be found in Selangor and
they are famous as statue and mask sculptor. There are a total of 640 characters of mask wood from the
creative work of Mahmeri tribesman in Carey Island which is based on a story of the suffering of their
ancestors tulah whom had violated the customs and social ethic and behaviour, human and nature
relationship. This study is to investigate the sculpture value and significant on Mahmeri today. This is
instigating by the changes of their thinking, beliefs and customs due to the effect of modernization and
globalization.
Keywords: mahmeri, mask, sculpture, ethnic, minority |
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| spelling | um.eprints-31592012-06-05T07:23:17Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/3159/ The Mahmeri Scuplture Heritage In Malaysia: An Exploratory Study Jais, Abd. Wahid GN Anthropology GT Manners and customs H Social Sciences (General) HT Communities. Classes. Races The indigenous people in Malaysia comprises of three main ethnics groups whom are Semang-Negrito, Senoi and Proto-Melayu. The indigenous people are minority in Malaysia, while Mahmeri is one of the tribesmen of main ethnics group of Senoi. This tribesman could only be found in Selangor and they are famous as statue and mask sculptor. There are a total of 640 characters of mask wood from the creative work of Mahmeri tribesman in Carey Island which is based on a story of the suffering of their ancestors tulah whom had violated the customs and social ethic and behaviour, human and nature relationship. This study is to investigate the sculpture value and significant on Mahmeri today. This is instigating by the changes of their thinking, beliefs and customs due to the effect of modernization and globalization. Keywords: mahmeri, mask, sculpture, ethnic, minority 2010-02-26 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/3159/1/The_Mahmeri_Scuplture.pdf Jais, Abd. Wahid (2010) The Mahmeri Scuplture Heritage In Malaysia: An Exploratory Study. In: Proceedings of 2010 International Conference on Humanities, Historical and Social Sciences (CHHSS 2010), 26-28 February, 2010, Singapore. (Unpublished) |
| spellingShingle | GN Anthropology GT Manners and customs H Social Sciences (General) HT Communities. Classes. Races Jais, Abd. Wahid The Mahmeri Scuplture Heritage In Malaysia: An Exploratory Study |
| title | The Mahmeri Scuplture Heritage In Malaysia:
An Exploratory Study |
| title_full | The Mahmeri Scuplture Heritage In Malaysia:
An Exploratory Study |
| title_fullStr | The Mahmeri Scuplture Heritage In Malaysia:
An Exploratory Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Mahmeri Scuplture Heritage In Malaysia:
An Exploratory Study |
| title_short | The Mahmeri Scuplture Heritage In Malaysia:
An Exploratory Study |
| title_sort | mahmeri scuplture heritage in malaysia an exploratory study |
| topic | GN Anthropology GT Manners and customs H Social Sciences (General) HT Communities. Classes. Races |
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