• @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!