The Cultural Management for Indigenous People (Negritos) in Malaysia
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This paper focuses on the indigenous people, the Negritos group in the northern of Malaysia, to study the conditions and policy implementation and policy’s Impact and implementation for cultural management of indigenous tribes of Malaysia. The findings were collected from the document analysis, previous studies and observations Orang Asli, Jahai group at KG. Orangasli Sungai Rual, Jeli district of Kelantan, Malaysia. The findings show that Indigenous groups, known as "Orang Asli", which considered this group to be accepted as "Malaysian citizen". There are many Orangasli studies and attention since the British colonial era in Malaysia. In addition, Malaysian government divide the range of effects that occur with these orang asli groups in 4 periods as follows: the colonial period, the emergency, assimilation policy and the legal position of Orang Asli which the decision making a policy and managing these people systematically. In particular, there is a government agency called "Department of Indigenous Development" that manages and operates various programs and welfare such as health promotion, education, vocational training schools, building estates and standardized houses in the land allocated to Importantly, efforts to convert religion into Islam etc.are due to the encroachment of the state in managing the area, suppressed communism concessions for forest and agricultural areas, cutting trees, etc., Addition to the state has limited Orangasli’s area and organized their communities. Therefore, it has been affecting his career, economy, identity, change the lifestyle of the Orangasli group in Malaysia, which they have changed a lot. The Malaysian government policies had effort to assimilate Orangasli into the Malay sector and many-faceted. Therefore, the important issues of both indigenous tribes are the policy on the rights and cultural acceptance of indigenous peoples of both countries. There is a dimension of importance to the rights of indigenous cultures and aims to improve the quality of life and be able to live in society.
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