Publication: Religious Syncretism Among The Semelai Orang Asli Muslims In Sungai Lui Village, Malaysia
| dc.contributor.author | Ros Aiza Mohd Mokhtar | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Abd Hakim Mohad | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Mohd Azhar Ibrahim Resedi | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Khadijah Muda | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Siti Nor Azhani Mohd Tohar | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-28T03:50:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-05-28T03:50:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2022-2-14 | |
| dc.description | Volume: 16 No: 2 (Pg. 172-192) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mohd Mokhtar , R. A. ., Mohad, A. H., Ibrahim Residi, M. A., Muda, K. ., & Mohd Tohar, S. N. A. (2021). Religious Syncretism among the Semelai Orang Asli Muslims in Sungai Lui Village, Malaysia. Fieldwork in Religion, 16(2), 172–192. https://doi.org/10.1558/firn.21248 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1558/firn.21248 | |
| dc.identifier.epage | 192 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1743-0623 | |
| dc.identifier.issue | 2 | |
| dc.identifier.spage | 172 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://journal.equinoxpub.com/FIR/article/view/21248 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/5142 | |
| dc.identifier.volume | 16 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Equinox Publishing Ltd | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Fieldwork in Religion | en_US |
| dc.subject | Orang Asli; Semelai; syncretism; culture; religion; Malaysia | en_US |
| dc.title | Religious Syncretism Among The Semelai Orang Asli Muslims In Sungai Lui Village, Malaysia | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication |