Monday 12 December 2016

Re Visit Kuala Gandah Pahang Malaysia: Elephant Rehabilitation Centre; Just beside Indigeneous Semelai Settlement

Indigenoue people wearing "commandos uniform" as camoufladge using "sumpit", hunting in deep jungle.

Besides guard room before entering Elephant site

"Nangka" name taken from type of fruit tree (malay) because this elephant found under Nangka Tree

Here visitor can get experience take a bath with elephant

Beware of Nangka hah



Visitors must register their name and give particular before get this sticker to enter elephant site


Lake Chini Pahang Malaysia.Surrounding under development. Edge of ecological damage.

Weir For Navigation
Really beautiful scenary. Please keep it for our future generation..."sustainable"

Bold jungle. Palm tree take place jungle

"Stay in here, peace,,"

Jakun have rubber tree

Degradation of soil quality because more jungle cleared to become either palm or rubber plantation

That ghost lorry simply throw palm waste near Gumum Village. Is it legal?


Be careful. Dog beside you

Traditional Jakun house

Lake Chini View From Melai Village

In 1960 there are fish likes jelawat in here but none today(excep toman etc that strong can live in dark water) because the water poisonous and dangered to drink.

Sedementation become very thick. Make Lake Chini not suitable for many habitats

Jakun struggle stay beside Lake Chini although the quality of water in Lake Chini decrease drasticly

"Tahun 60 an dulu sini banyak ikan kelah. Tapi sekarang tak ada, Air tasik Chini ni beracun sebab ada pencemaran, Perladangan, perlombongan... Kami tak minum " (Jakun in Tasik Chini)

Lotus in Tasik Chini

New plantation

Qualitative Research:In Pak Ngah house, testing original cigarettes










Session with Pak Ngah Melai Village Chini Lake

Equiment to make real original cigarettes, popular among original people (Jakun) in Tasik Chini
Lamp using solar system. Now solar system jammed (not work anymore)
Pak Ngah finished working as rubber tapper around his house
Original Jakun Cigarettes decades ago: From tree leaf

Tree Bacam leaf as cigarettes

Mmmmm...nice

Smooth taste. Bacam leaf or Ceruk Leaf forori Jakun cigarettes

Pak Ngah's nephew house

Melai Village Settlement For Jakun Community In Lake Chini Malaysia

Look nice. Simple traditional Jakun house

Burning and cutting tree for new plantation

House under the tree.

Harmony house

Scientific tools belong to puclic university researchers in Melai Village

Jetty in front Pak Ngah house

Sunday 11 December 2016

Melai Village 8km Jakun: Qualitative Methods by Interviewing Indigeneous

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Pak Ngah's dog barking "hong hong"welcoming us to their region
Handsome Jakun guys like Malay as usual...
Playground for Jakun children
Originally traditional Jakun house
Rubber plantation change forest in Melai Village
Jakun Tribe is original resident from Malay Proto that stay in Malaysia long time ago. Also can read from http://www.imkiran.com/shocking-conditions-of-the-jakun-tribe-pahang/. Some of Jakun come from Kemaman (Terengganu), Raub (Pahang) and other places in Peninsular Malaysia. They travel from previous place because of development or set up new settlement because of marriage etc.





Waste from oil palm factory about 5 km from Melai village

Cutting land and tree. On our journey to kampung Melai

4 km to Melai Village. Can see yellow signboard mention about licence or permit to mining

Yellow stone border