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- Mak Meri shaman a very important person to make communications into spirit relm
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- We were given welcome drink & snacks
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- A mock Mah Meri wedding was participated by Clarkson Uni, in this ceremonial some very sensitive questions asked & Bride & Bridegroom to answer honestly in publicly. Domestic violence hv very heavy penalties Eg. If a man hits his wife she hv rights to hv union with other man she prefers & vise versa.
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- This cone shape hut built to hv bride reside inside for some time to prepare for wedding like a SPA
Malaysia is bless with multicultural, one of the smallest community ie about 4000ppl are the Mah Meri a sub sect of Negrito aborigines. Their ancestral living are very peculiar. Eg. If they take anything it must be replaced with another. Hence they hv numerous wood carving depicting spirits of Tiger, grasshopper, frog, plants etc. If a tiger dies there should be a wood carved shrine left at same place for tiger spirit to reside.
Tok batin or Shaman or bomoh wears a mask. He is a communicator btw spirit world & a very important man for Mah Meri ppl.
There is no divorce in this culture & a woman can hv more then one husband & vise versa
Death is not an end for them but passing to spirit relm after 7days or once a year via shaman they can talk to the deceased hence according to their beliefs it’s good time. Unfortunately lately there hv been alarming suicidal due to worry & modernization
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