Jakun people or Orang Ulu/Orang Hulu are an ethnic group recognised as Orang Asli of the Malay Peninsula in Malaysia.
Jakun teenagers playing pick-up sticks in a community centre.
The area circled in red indicates the location of the Jakun people in southern Peninsula Malaysia.
A group of Jakun people at Blanja, Perak Tengah District, Perak, June 1874.
A group of Jakun men from the Langkap Pass, Negeri Sembilan, 1906.
Malays are an Austronesian ethnoreligious group native to the Malay Peninsula, eastern Sumatra, coastal Borneo, and the smaller islands that lie between these locations — areas that are collectively k
Jakun people
…province of Yunnan some 5,000 years ago. The ancestors of the other two groups of Orang Asli were living here are the Semang and Senoi people. The first Malay people arrived on the peninsula much later, probably around 1,500-2,000 years ago from Taiwan. Initially, the Malay people initially established trade relations…
A Malay couple in traditional attire after their marriage ceremony (akad nikah). The groom is wearing a baju melayu with songkok and songket, while the bride wears baju kurung with a tudong.
Muaro Jambi Temple Compounds in Jambi, historically linked to the pre-Islamic Melayu Kingdom. The Melayu-Srivijayans were known to construct complex building system in its capital, major cities and important urban centres.
Bukit Seguntang in Palembang. According to Sejarah Melayu, the hill recorded the advent of Sang Sapurba, a legendary progenitor for various Malay royal houses in Sumatra, Malay Peninsula and Borneo.
Portuguese watercolour of Malayan people of Malacca, circa 1540, featured in the Códice Casanatense