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 Thai
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.
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