The Semang are an ethnic-minority group of the Malay Peninsula. They live in mountainous and isolated forest regions of Perak, Pahang, Kelantan and Kedah of Malaysia and the southern provinces of Thailand. The Semang are among the different ethnic groups of Southeast Asia who, based on their dark skin and other perceived physical similarities, are sometimes referred to by the superficial term Negrito.
A Batek family in Kuala Tahan, Pahang, Malaysia
A Semang group in Malaya, 1846.
Population genomic "TreeMix" analysis of Semang and closely related populations (eg. East Asians and Andamanese peoples).
A Semang group in traditional dancing attire in Kuala Sam, Kelantan, 1906.
Kedah, also known by its honorific Darul Aman and historically as Queda, is a state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of Peninsular Malaysia. The state covers a total area of over 9,000 km2, and it consists of the mainland and the Langkawi islands. The mainland has a relatively flat terrain, which is used to grow rice, while Langkawi is an archipelago, most of which are uninhabited islands.
Candi Bukit Batu Pahat of Bujang Valley.
Paddy field in Sungai Meriam.
Previous Sultan of Kedah
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