Running Head: THE PEACE WITHIN

UNDERSTANDING THE PEACE WITHIN THE SEMAI SOCIETY

Tarasha Hickson-Smith

ANT. 101

Professor Rachel Grabner

August 1, 2011

UNDERSTANDING THE PEACE WITHIN THE SEMAI SOCIETY

Throughout history anthropologist have done much research both ethnographically and ethnologically to enlighten people about the surrounding societies and their cultures. The one particular culture that seems to be peculiar to many that study them is the Semai from the Orang Asli tribe located the peninsula of Southeast Malaysia. They are the have largest community of the 19 tribes within the Orang Asli group. The points expressed in this document will be from an etic point-of-view, attempting to further analyze how the peaceful character of Semai communities plays a part in its subsistence...