Religious Syncretism among the Semelai Orang Asli Muslims in Sungai Lui Village, Malaysia
The Semelai are a proto-Malay Orang Asli tribe settled around Negeri Sembilan and Pahang, Malaysia. Their settlements in Negeri Sembilan are in Sungai Lui village and Sungai Sampo village in Jempol. A few of their number also settled in some areas in Bera, Pahang. A majority of this community still...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Equinox
2021
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Fieldwork in religion
Año: 2021, Volumen: 16, Número: 2, Páginas: 172-192 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Negeri Sembilan
/ Semelai
/ Sincretismo
/ Islam
/ Animismo
/ Budismo
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| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | AD Sociología de la religión AX Relaciones inter-religiosas BB Religiones indígenas (de grupos étnicos) BJ Islam BL Budismo KBM Asia |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Orang Asli
B Semelai B Religión B Malaysia B Syncretism B Culture |
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| Sumario: | The Semelai are a proto-Malay Orang Asli tribe settled around Negeri Sembilan and Pahang, Malaysia. Their settlements in Negeri Sembilan are in Sungai Lui village and Sungai Sampo village in Jempol. A few of their number also settled in some areas in Bera, Pahang. A majority of this community still adhere to ancestral faiths, although some have converted to Islam since the 1990s. At the same time, practices introduced by a Buddhist shaman took root among the community over the last thirteen years. This article discusses the religious beliefs and practices of this community, especially among Muslim adherents. The study uses a qualitative approach through data collection via interviews with key informants in Sungai Lui village, Jempol. The data were later analysed through a descriptive interpretive method, and the research found that syncretism spread among the belief practices of the Semelai Muslims in Sungai Lui village following the exploits of a Buddhist shaman that succeeded in curing the chronic disease of a villager. At the same time, they still practise inherited customs and wisdoms from animist times, even after their conversion to Islam. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-0623 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Fieldwork in religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/firn.21248 |