The Orang Laut and the tide of time

• Main Author: Siti Nur Aisha Omar
• Other Authors: Goh Geok Yian
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Humanities::History
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137534
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This thesis is a study of how the identity and culture of Singapore’s Orang Laut has evolved from about the mid 20th until present times, and what factors led to those changes. I argue that Singapore’s rapid transformation from the mid 20th century acutely impacted the Orang Laut’s water-oriented li...