• @cendawanita
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      111 months ago

      Could be Orang Asli as well? Africans seem like such a ways away but fascinating fact regardless

      • @ruk_n_rul
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        11 months ago

        This was a recounting from the local Malays, who always knew the orang aslis by other, more specific, names. Even the book clarified them as Blacks.

        I forgot to date the story but it’s from the 1840s.

        Anyway, here’s a full excerpt:

        • @dukeGR4
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          111 months ago

          sike, it’s actually orang minyak

          • @ruk_n_rul
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            111 months ago

            Could be? Imagine being the American blacks, with their mixed christian-voodoo-west african beliefs, transplanted for labour to a foreign land with no b*tches. What do? 🤔

        • @cendawanita
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          111 months ago

          My my my what an interesting piece of history indeed!