Adaptability to Settlement Pattern and Choice of Subsistence Activities : Emergence of Material Culture within the Saribas Malay in Betong, Sarawak

Despite many job opportunities in the market and the challenges they have to face, some minority of the Saribas Malay community in Betong, Sarawak is still maintaining traditional subsistence activities in food production based on the nipah tree (locally known as apong) such as gula apong, garam apo...

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Main Authors: Faridah, Sahari, Shahren, Ahmad Zaidi Adruce, Rahah, Hasan, Anna, Durin, Shahri, Abdul Rahman
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Published: EDP Sciences 2018
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spelling my.unimas.ir.224432021-05-25T09:11:47Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/22443/ Adaptability to Settlement Pattern and Choice of Subsistence Activities : Emergence of Material Culture within the Saribas Malay in Betong, Sarawak Faridah, Sahari Shahren, Ahmad Zaidi Adruce Rahah, Hasan Anna, Durin Shahri, Abdul Rahman GN Anthropology NX Arts in general Despite many job opportunities in the market and the challenges they have to face, some minority of the Saribas Malay community in Betong, Sarawak is still maintaining traditional subsistence activities in food production based on the nipah tree (locally known as apong) such as gula apong, garam apong cuka apong, jarik mayang, air sadap and the sago tree (locally known as mulong) produce, lemantak. This research examines the choice of subsistence strategies and settlement pattern of the Malay community who inhabit the Saribas region. Through the in-depth interview and participant observation, the finding suggested that reliance on a river as the main highway to connect them to the other parts of Sarawak and river as a source of marine resources determine the choice of linear settlement pattern along the river. The results also suggest that river terrestrial resources; apong and mulong accessibility and abundance availability that influence the community in continuing the traditional subsistence activities (apong and mulong based food production) related to those flora source. As such, the assemblage of material culture that exist within the Saribas Malay community is the representation and manifestation of their choice of settlement pattern and subsistence activities. EDP Sciences 2018-06-12 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/22443/1/Shahren%20Ahmad%20Zaidi%20Adruce.pdf Faridah, Sahari and Shahren, Ahmad Zaidi Adruce and Rahah, Hasan and Anna, Durin and Shahri, Abdul Rahman (2018) Adaptability to Settlement Pattern and Choice of Subsistence Activities : Emergence of Material Culture within the Saribas Malay in Betong, Sarawak. SHS Web of Conferences, 45 (06001). pp. 1-6. ISSN 2261-2424 (online) https://www.shs-conferences.org https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20184506001
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topic GN Anthropology
NX Arts in general
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NX Arts in general
Faridah, Sahari
Shahren, Ahmad Zaidi Adruce
Rahah, Hasan
Anna, Durin
Shahri, Abdul Rahman
Adaptability to Settlement Pattern and Choice of Subsistence Activities : Emergence of Material Culture within the Saribas Malay in Betong, Sarawak
description Despite many job opportunities in the market and the challenges they have to face, some minority of the Saribas Malay community in Betong, Sarawak is still maintaining traditional subsistence activities in food production based on the nipah tree (locally known as apong) such as gula apong, garam apong cuka apong, jarik mayang, air sadap and the sago tree (locally known as mulong) produce, lemantak. This research examines the choice of subsistence strategies and settlement pattern of the Malay community who inhabit the Saribas region. Through the in-depth interview and participant observation, the finding suggested that reliance on a river as the main highway to connect them to the other parts of Sarawak and river as a source of marine resources determine the choice of linear settlement pattern along the river. The results also suggest that river terrestrial resources; apong and mulong accessibility and abundance availability that influence the community in continuing the traditional subsistence activities (apong and mulong based food production) related to those flora source. As such, the assemblage of material culture that exist within the Saribas Malay community is the representation and manifestation of their choice of settlement pattern and subsistence activities.
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author Faridah, Sahari
Shahren, Ahmad Zaidi Adruce
Rahah, Hasan
Anna, Durin
Shahri, Abdul Rahman
author_facet Faridah, Sahari
Shahren, Ahmad Zaidi Adruce
Rahah, Hasan
Anna, Durin
Shahri, Abdul Rahman
author_sort Faridah, Sahari
title Adaptability to Settlement Pattern and Choice of Subsistence Activities : Emergence of Material Culture within the Saribas Malay in Betong, Sarawak
title_short Adaptability to Settlement Pattern and Choice of Subsistence Activities : Emergence of Material Culture within the Saribas Malay in Betong, Sarawak
title_full Adaptability to Settlement Pattern and Choice of Subsistence Activities : Emergence of Material Culture within the Saribas Malay in Betong, Sarawak
title_fullStr Adaptability to Settlement Pattern and Choice of Subsistence Activities : Emergence of Material Culture within the Saribas Malay in Betong, Sarawak
title_full_unstemmed Adaptability to Settlement Pattern and Choice of Subsistence Activities : Emergence of Material Culture within the Saribas Malay in Betong, Sarawak
title_sort adaptability to settlement pattern and choice of subsistence activities : emergence of material culture within the saribas malay in betong, sarawak
publisher EDP Sciences
publishDate 2018
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/22443/1/Shahren%20Ahmad%20Zaidi%20Adruce.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/22443/
https://www.shs-conferences.org
https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20184506001
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