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The National Principles (Malay: Rukun Negara; Jawi: روکون نݢارا ) is the Malaysian declaration of national philosophy instituted by royal proclamation on Merdeka Day, 1970, in reaction to the 13 May race riots, which occurred in 1969. [1]
Orang Asli was noticed only during the Malayan Emergency (1948-1960), when it turned out that most of them supported the communist insurgents, consisting of mostly ethnic Chinese. The Chinese had close contacts with the aborigines, in particular, among the Temuan people as there were many people of mixed Sino-Temuan blood. [ 5 ]
Sewang is a traditional dance performed by the aboriginal Orang Asli people of Malaysia. [1] Originally the dance was performed for funeral, for thanksgiving, or to treat the sick or wounded, [2] and now it is also used to entertain foreign travelers. [3] It involves dancing in a circle to music produced from bamboo. [4]