The Orang Laut are several seafaring ethnic groups and tribes living around Singapore, Peninsular Malaysia and the Indonesian Riau Islands. The Orang Laut are commonly identified as the Orang Seletar
An Orang Laut family living in a boat, circa 1914–1921.
An Orang Laut woman in Solok, Jambi southern Sumatra
House barges of the Orang Laut off the coast of Jambi and Riau, Dutch East Indies, circa 1914–1921.
Villages of Orang Laut in Riau Islands.
Riau Malays are a sub-group of Malays native to the provinces of Riau and the Riau Islands of eastern Sumatra, Indonesia. They only make up 29% of the population of the Riau Islands, and around 45% of
Traditional Riau Malays wedding dress.
Muara Takus Temple located in Kampar Regency are one of the evidences of the existence of ancient Melayu Kingdom (a kingdom centered in eastern Sumatra)
Raja Ali Haji, an poet, he played a vital role in modernizing the Malay language, one of his books that is Pedoman Bahasa was the first dictionary of its kind in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia)
Riau Malay House, Roof Lontiok/Lentik.