Ashencaen Crabtree, Sara, <br/><br/>
Death of the dragon god lake :  voices from Tasik Chini, Malaysia / 
 Voices from Tasik Chini, Malaysia 
Sara Ashencaen Crabtree [and three others]. 
 - xi, 269 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-260) and index. 
<br/><br/> 'Death of the Dragon God Lake is a family ethnography focusing on the Jakun of Tasik Chini, Malaysia, and their contemporary struggles. The Orang Asli - West Malaysia's indigenous people - comprise only 0.6 percent of the country's total population, and within this group, the Jakun of Tasik Chini number around 500. While recent decades have seen efforts to'modernise' them, this official spin cloaks the denial of Orang Asli self-determination and the concurrent damage being done to their traditional land. As part of their condensed ethnography, the authors conducted interviews and field discussion groups, observed the adults and children living around Tasik Chini, and gathered information about their lives today and how they compare with the recent past. The lake is polluted, the children unable to swim in it as their parents did, and the natural beauty of the surroundings has been eroded, having an impact on tourism as well. With awareness of their positionality as foreign anthropologists, the authors examine the contradiction between the authorities' and indigenous narratives, and reveal the efforts made by Tasik Chini community members to improve their situation on their own terms'--Back cover. 
<br/><br/><br/>In English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789670960241 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Jakun (Malaysian people)--Malaysia--Cini Lake (Pahang)<br/>Indigenous peoples--Social conditions.--Malaysia--Cini Lake (Pahang)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Cini Lake (Pahang, Malaysia)--Social conditions.<br/>Cini Lake (Pahang, Malaysia)--Ethnic relations.