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Mythologies of the Mah Meri Tribe

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  The  Mah Meri  are an ethnic group native to western part of  Peninsular Malaysia . They are one of the 18  Orang Asli  groups named by the Malaysian government. They are of the  Senoi  subgroup. Most of the members of the Mah Meri tribe live along the coast of South Selangor from  Sungai Pelek  up to  Pulau Carey , although there is at least one Mah Meri Community on the other side of the  Klang River .  According to the Orang Asli Office of the Malaysian government,  they numbered around 2,200 in 2005.   Most of the Mah Meri live in small villages ( kampungs ) on the fringes of other cities and on Pulau Carey, which has five separate villages of Mah Meri.  Their ancestors are believed to be associated with the arrival of Austro-Asiatic migrants associated with the emergence of fire-cutting agriculture on the Malay Peninsula and the emergence of rice. Due to cultural exchanges and trade, some Mah Meri and...
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Mythologies of the Ryukyuan Tribe

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The  Ryukyuans  are a  Japonic -speaking  East Asian   ethnic group  indigenous to the  Ryukyu Islands , which stretch from the island of  Kyushu  to the island of  Taiwan .  In  Japan , most Ryukyuans live in the  Okinawa Prefecture  or  Kagoshima Prefecture . They speak the  Ryukyuan languages ,  one of the branches of the  Japonic language family  along with the  Japanese language  and its  dialects .  The United Nations Human Rights Committee in 2008 recommended that Japan, "should expressly recognize the Ainu and Ryukyu/Okinawa as indigenous peoples in domestic legislation, adopt special measures to protect, preserve, and promote their cultural heritage and traditional way of life, and recognize their land rights." [ 7 ]   The Japanese government has not accepted this recommendation because recognizing, "the Ryukyuan as Indigenous Peoples [would require Japan] to ...
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