2018-12-04

IN THE FIELD– Pos Piah

Heading up to Upper Perak. Pack light #1interchange, with new print technique #MaedainKochi

“The country will never grant you sovereign over your ancestral territories. We will continue to log the land.” First few messages we heard between the fight for survival of the Temer/temiar people on the Peninsular with the current government. Assimilate or extinction. Hard survival for generations before and after. Tonight is a special night as they celebrate the last day of the advocacy program as the workshop draws to a close #Sewang ceremony. The future has always been uncertain for indigenous groups, culturally dependant on their traditional land for sustenance and cultural identity. It’s alike cultural genocide, but documented and “anthropologised”, for development.