The Batek people are an indigenous Orang Asli people belonging to the Semang group, who live in the rainforest of peninsular Malaysia. As a result of encroachment, they now primarily inhabit the Taman
A Batek family
Batek houses in Taman Negara, Malaysia
Batek people bathing in the Tembeling River, Pahang, Malaysia
A Batek man attempting to start a fire
The term Negrito refers to several diverse ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of Southeast Asia and the Andaman Islands. Populations often described as Negrito include: the Andamanese peoples of
A Luzon Negrito with spear
Batek family in Malaysia.
A young Onge mother with her baby (Andaman Islands, India, 1905)