Kaum Bateq

Kaum Bateq is one of Orang Asli's tribes. I visited Kaum Bateq in National Park (Taman Negara Pahang). From the trip I gained a lot of information about them. Forest is their place to live and hunting activities to survive. They live as nomad.

  Belief

They beliefs that if there are death, they should moved from the place because the spirit of the dead body will disturb them. Accidentally, while I visited them, they just moved because one of them was died. However they only moved in the same area, and it is only behind the previous house.

Besides, the dead body is neither buried nor burn. But, they put the dead body on the high tree to avoid from being eaten by wild animal . Moreover, they put the dead body in high place to make the dead body aboard and not follow them back. The tree must far away, around 2 hours  from their place and in the forest  that no one can go there.

Marriage

Their customs in marriage is unique. A man that want to marry and at that time, he has fall in love, first, he must meet 'Tok Batin' and ask 'Tok Batin' to propose that woman . 'Tok Batin' will be an intermediary between them. However, the man need to know how to use blowpipe and had fulfill the requirement to marry, which is he already hunt some amount of animal to show that the man is able to support family.  If the man had completed the task, he will live together with the woman in a house and knowing each other. If the woman did not go out from the house after a day, it means they are suitable and are considered married.