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Orang Rimba people

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exonym ascribed to them. In the Malay language, the word Kubu can mean defensive fortification, entrenchment, or a place of refuge. It is metaphor for how the majority and dominant Islamic Melayu villagers believe them to use the interior forests as a means for resisting inclusion in the larger Malay
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Orang Rimba life is characterized by small and changing camps, which can be the size of a nuclear family when digging for wild yams, but more commonly is based around an extended family, and can include several extended families whenever swidden farming. Their social relations are very egalitarian,
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The Orang Rimba ('people of the forest') are a much smaller population of people (~3000) who live in the upstream regions of Jambi and South Sumatran. They have a unique, diverse economy, which shifts in and out of two base subsistence strategies: swidden farming and a very nomadic life based on
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Traditionally referred to as civilized Kubu, the Orang Batin Sembilan are a larger population of swidden-based peoples who live in the central and eastern lowland forests of South Sumatra (pop. ~35,000) and Jambi (pop. ~10,000) . Like other people in the region, these people traditionally use the
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Since the 1970s, many of these peoples have been displaced from their traditional lands by logging companies and palm oil plantations, and for some time have been the target of government settlement projects. Additionally, the peoples of these tribes are frequently being forcibly converted to
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foraging wild yams. This is traditionally combined with hunting, trapping, fishing, and the collection of forest products for trade. For many, part-time rubber tapping and participation in logging has gradually replaced the collection of forest products.
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farmers, and 'wild' Kubu, who lived deep in the forests, and made much stronger efforts to avoid close relations with the outside world. While closely related to
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social and Islamic religious world. As is the case with other forest peoples in the region, the term Kubu is associated with very negative connotations.
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WALHI (Friends of the Earth Indonesia) page about the Orang Rimba fighting for influence over how the Bukit Duabelas National Park is run.
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Following Malay classifications, early Europeans divided the Kubu into two categories: 'tame' or 'civilized' Kubu, who were predominantly
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Sager, Steven. The Sky is our Roof, the Earth our Floor: Orang Rimba Customs and Religion in the Bukit Duabelas Region of Jambi, Sumatra.
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swidden field as a base camp from which to exploit resources in the forests, particularly when collecting forest products for trade.
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speaking peoples, these peoples represent two separate cultural groups, which have different economic and socio-religious systems.
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while hierarchies are largely based upon age, gender and knowledge of religion and culture law.
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Kubu people in a shelter in the woods in the Upper Tebo-"streken" in the Residence of Jambi.
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are mobile, animist peoples who live throughout the lowland forests of southeast
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Description of the tribe by Warsi, the Indonesian Conservation Community
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is a 2013 Indonesian film featuring the lifestyle of the Rimba people.
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Muninggar Sri Saraswati & Tiarma Siboro (2002-11-19).
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Orang Rimba

Jambi
Sumatra
Indonesia
Jambi
South Sumatra
Riau
N/A
Kubu language
Indonesian language
Animism
Islam
Christianity
Malays
Lubu
Orang Asli
Sumatra
Malay
swidden
Malay

Kubu languages
Austronesian language
Malay language
Indonesian language
"Suku Kubu Jambi Nyasar ke Sembawa"
"SOKOLA RIMBA - Cinema Trailer - 2 Menit"
Archived
"Forests in transition"

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